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TIL that Czechoslovakia supported Bolivia during the Chaco War in the 1930s

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65Zw TIL Genghis Kahn once executed someone by pouring molten silver into their head
yQLOl TIL Keith Moon once tried to put a hotel waterbed mattress in an elevator as a prank but it burst. He complained to the manager and convinced them it leaked and ruined his stage clothes. The hotel apologized and moved them to the antiques-filled Presidential Suite, which they demolished that night.
1lQP TIL that democide, or the killing of people by their government, surpassed war as the number one non-natural cause of death in the 20th century
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