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TIL in 1972, 80,000 Ugandan South Asians were expelled from Uganda because they were 'better off' than Ugandan Natives

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v7kD TIL: During the war, more than 200,000 Polish fought for the UK but Poland was not invited to the Victory Celebrations for fear of upsetting Stalin
VBlnD TIL about The Sweatbox, a documentary about the making of The Emperor’s New Groove. Produced by Sting’s wife, it was never released by Disney due to the unprecedented access to their creative process, which was uncharacteristically rushed and improvised for this project.
OowN6 TIL the celebrity crooner Frank Sinatra not only was tied up to the mob for life as they had helped him with his career, but he also owned casino's at Lake Tahoe and elsewhere in the area.
9GZD TIL that John Paul Jones, “Father of the American Navy,” shipped aboard a slaver early in his life, killed a crewman over a wage dispute, and that Jones was a fake last name to throw off the law afterwards!
ADkaa TIL of the Szondi Test, a test designated to explain your subconscious drive through varying photos of 18-19th century mental asylum patients and choosing the one that scares you the most.