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TIL I learned RAS syndrome (Redudant Acronym Syndrome Syndrome) is the common unnecessary repetition of words following an acronym.

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0oVN TIL that during the Civil Rights Movement, the Soviet Union purposely inflamed racial tensions by mailing forged threats from the KKK to black neighborhoods
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