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TIL Alexander Litvinenko, before his death as a result of mysterious poisoning, had accused the Russian government of perpetrating a false flag terror attack against Russian civilians, in order to justify an invasion of Chechnya.

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56PP TIL Phoenix, Arizona has a similar latitude to the Ancient city of Carthage, which was a Phoenician city-state. People from Phoenix today are known as Phoenicians.
j6rvj TIL: The Berklee School of Music was named after the founders son: Lee Elliot Berk.
4XYag TIL: Barry Manilow's hit "I Write the Songs" was originally recorded by The Captain & Tennille and was written by a member of The Beach Boys
VMEkk TIL Jason Segel (How I Met Your Mother, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, I Love You, Man, etc) wore a Superman cape underneath his clothing until he was 13, "just in case there was trouble."
oAbo TIL Goosebumps on the human body are remnants of when we had a lot of body hair. When scared, our hair would “fluff” out, making us look bigger, to scare off predictors.