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TIL The Scottish Introduced fried chicken to the Southern U.S.

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rRx01 TIL during the Gulf War, the U.S. dropped a 6,800 kg BLU-82 bomb to conduct psychological warfare against Iraqi troops. A British SAS unit that witnessed the explosion assumed the U.S. had used a nuclear weapon and radioed back to their headquarters, "Sir, the blokes have just nuked Kuwait!".
PvVE TIL: L’Appel Du Vide also known as Call of the void is the term given to the moment we have them random dark thoughts such as wanting to steer into oncoming traffic
WklmA TIL that “The Bone Wars,” a fierce rivalry in the 19th century between two paleontologists involving bribery, fraud, and theft, concluded with one of the scientists donating his brain in hope that it would be bigger than that of his rival.
Akgw TIL up until the 1850’s there was no “left and right” shoe, all were identical
NkYM TIL that in 5,000 years of human history, only 2 diseases have been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest