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TIL about Capt Mamo Habtewold and the over 3000 other Ethiopian soldiers who fought with the Americans in the Korean war due to Haile Selassie's belief in global cooperation and the UN

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OGM4a TIL that the US (22% of the UN budget), China (12.005%), Japan (8.564%) and Germany (6.090%) – together finance some 49% of the entire UN budget.
Gpa5 TIL there are only two places in the world where civilians are legally allowed to drive and fire tanks and one of them is in Minnesota.
p8Emp TIL that Aaron Hernandez admitted to being gay/bisexual. He committed suicide in prison 2 days after being outed on a radio show (and 5 days after being acquitted of the double homicide trial in 2017).
41d6 TIL there was a plot to kill the Vice President and Secretary of State concurrently with the Lincoln assassination. The Secretary of State was stabbed in the face but lived, and the assailant who was to kill the Vice President got drunk instead.
Y7Oe7 TIL a steamboat missing for 132 years was discovered 45 feet under a field a half-mile away from the river it sank in. Among the 200 tons of cargo recovered from the boat were bottles of liquor, ketchup, preserved fruits for pies, and bright green sweet pickles which were still edible.