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TIL of the band Grouplove who was the first band in the United States to be certified climate friendly

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RMjl TIL Marvel & DC collaborated to create a universe that merged their superheroes. One of the more notable ones: Dark Claw, a combination of Batman & Wolverine.
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aRay TIL That a 1956 report on the CIA’s covert activities found that the CIA was influencing foreign elections as part of their Cold War operations. The report also concluded that the CIA was exerting “almost unilateral” control on US foreign policy.
n5Kb TIL That 1/3 of Russian soldiers in World War One were not issued rifles, and were told to pick up a weapon when one of their comrades were killed.
a8nlL TIL that during "the Emergency", a political crisis in India which saw civil liberties being curtailed, the newspaper Indian Express protested against ongoing press censorship by publishing a fully blank front page editorial.