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TIL New York destroyed an entire village full of African-American landowners to create Central Park

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nWjdB TIL that during the Gulf War the coalition forces suffered nearly as many non-combat losses (145) as losses directly related to combat (148 KIA). This number is mainly due to a single C-130H that crashed while transporting 95 Senegalese soldiers.
LQ74v TIL that Art Scholl, a stunt pilot, died during filming of the original Top Gun. He crashed due to being unable to recover from a flat spin.
R5B4a TIL that Francis Galton made a ranking system of UK women and how appealing he found them, with those from Aberdeen deemed the least attractive.
Voop TIL that the Smurfs were essentially communists. They all had “defined roles”, they all “dresse[d] alike”, and they had no economy. Also the Smurfs nemesis, Gargamel, represented capitalism with his desire to “exploit the Smurfs”.
ape9 TIL Aaron Paul, Jesse from “Breaking Bad”, was once a contestant on “The Price is Right”.