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TIL after the US ambassador to the Sudan was kidnapped in 1973, Nixon said he would not negotiate with terrorists; the ambassador was shot 12 hours later.

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yQBGa TIL: The U.S.A. ranks 121st on the Global Peace Index (GPI) behind such peaceful countries as Rwanda, Vietnam, El Salvador, and Haiti.
m1p1P TIL about the year of the four emperors it was the first civil war of the Roman Empire, during which four emperors ruled in succession: Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian.
yQ1OX TIL Elephants were used as combat in wars as late as the 1890’s and continued to be used in non-combat roles all the way up to the Vietnam War
kOP17 TIL that the Christmas Truces in World War 1 were not official, and most of the higher ranked officers hated them and tried to stop them happening. Including a young Adolf Hitler. The truces happened anyway some lasted only for Christmas morning and some lasted until New Years Day
R76n9 TIL almost all of the fruit, vegetables, and animals we eat are domesticated and ARE NOT found in nature. A few foods like some berries, nuts, and mushrooms are consumed in the same form they grow in the wild. Humans are "selectively breeding" species for more then 12,000 years.