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TIL Why 94% of Flamethrowers Died on Iwo Jima

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VBmVG TIL thay the first European appearance of Arabic numerals was in a document from the year 976 called "Codex Albendensis", so called because it was written in the Spanish town of Albelda de Iregua.
M4N8 TIL that pain serves an evolutionary purpose for higher organisms to “learn from their mistakes.” Insects may not feel the same pain as we do because of their short lifespans.
kJLam TIL in post-Independence Argentina, turpentine enemas were given to political dissenters as a form of punishment
ADm94 TIL of the Anti-Bolshevik League incident. Eventual CCP leader Mao Zedong had 120 political opponents arrested, 17 were murdered. It resulted in another communist army unit revolting, believing Mao was trying to kidnap fellow leaders Zhu De, Peng Dehuai and surrender to the nationalist KMT
Bg8gW TIL "Pride (In the Name of Love)," U2's tribute to Martin Luther King Jr., was originally about Ronald Reagan