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TIL that USA not only refused to pay reparations to Vietnam but also asked them to return the money "South Vietnam borrowed".

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0Xry TIL that the city of Seattle generates 90% of its electricity from water (and almost all the rest from nuclear and wind)
bxaZ TIL of Pete Maravich. During an interview in 1974, he said, “I don’t want to play 10 years [in the NBA] and then die of a heart attack when I’m 40.” He died of a heart attack in 1988, at age 40, after a 10 year career in the NBA.
AD5PB TIL that during the heyday of The Sopranos FBI wiretaps of the real mafia revealed that the show was so realistic the real mobsters thought there was a connected guy feeding story lines for the show
yQNea TIL some Japanese noblewomen of the Edo period had servants who were employed to take the blame for their farts if they passed gas in front of others. This was done by the servant 'confessing'/verbally proclaiming it was her in the moment.
D1oJg TIL Scientists found species of fungi in Chernobyl that feed on the radiation for energy.