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TIL: The Pentagon orchestrated analysts presented to the media as independent to give favorable coverage to the US war on Iraq and conditions at Guantanamo Bay. Most the analysts even had financial ties to contractors in the war.

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XEgED TIL about how we test toxic chemicals without using animals: instead, we use data mining software to mathematically predict toxic effects based on the molecule's structure.
nlkW TIL that there is so little genetic diversity in cheetah that they can accept donated organs from practically any other Cheetah with little fear of rejection
epkbk Today I learned that there is a professional peruvian footballer with the name Osama Vinladen Jiménez López, named after Osama bin Laden whose brothers name is Sadam Husein named after the former president of Iraq.
9wOLB TIL New Zealand has a cat killing contest, with price money.
R7Lkj TIL About Rachel Corrie, an American Peace Activist that was killed by Israeli Defense Forces when they were bulldozing Palestinian homes