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TIL that in 2011 it was revealed that the US have a spy operation that manipulates social media (including sites like Reddit, incase you hadn’t already noticed….)

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8aMdK TIL that George Washington actually wanted to end slavery, but never did because he feared it would divide the new nation.
xVkgk TIL that after Patton liberated Ohrdruf, the first liberated concentration camp, he brought the mayor and the mayor's wife to see the camp. After they left, they hanged themselves.
AQg7 TIL in 1983 a man climbed the North Tower of the World Trade Center…to “call attention to the inability to rescue trapped occupants from the upper levels of skyscrapers.”
jX4E TIL the Irish word “bhfaighidh” is one syllable.
X0mxX TIL Napoleon introduced the printing press to Egypt in 1798 so that he could issue his decrees and ordinances.