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TIL that after a road side bomb killed a Marine, his company invaded two random houses and killed 24 Iraqi men women and children. Only one Marine was charged and served 90 days in jail.

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GYnN4 TIL that Rudolf Hess spent over 20 years as the sole inmate of the 600-cell Spandau Prison
e586 TIL that Scientists in 1916 felt America was degenerating into a second rate nationality. They listed the Top 20 threats to USA: #8 America leads all nations in murders #12 Hearty eating without exercise #18 Remarkable cancer mortality increase
x6vK5 TIL Female Hyenas have a penis (technically a pseudo-penis) which they use for urination, intercourse, and giving birth.
5N8D TIL It is estimated that more people died from choosing to drive because of the fear of 9/11 than people died in 9/11.
v1PeL TIL the Belgian national dish "les frites" was wrongly given the name "French Fries" by World War One American servicemen moving through Wallonia, a French-speaking region of Belgium, creating confusion with the invention’s nationality.