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TIL The National Assembly Buildings of Belize in Belmopan are designed as replicas of Maya ruins and thus are not to be painted

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oBpOo TIL that the instructions on how to use the US M79 Rocket Launcher was to “aim towards the enemy”
XENYD TIL that Croatia had one colonial territory in India
neNVW TIL that Neil deGrasse Tyson sent James Cameron a snarky email saying that, at that time of year, in that position in the Atlantic in 1912, when Rose is lying on the piece of driftwood and staring up at the stars, that is not the star field she would have seen.
RoK9 TIL I learned there was a conspiracy theory that alleged the CIA had a woman give false testimony to the House of Representatives against the Iraqis in 1990 so the U.S. would back Kuwait. In 1992, it was proven true.
VQZ0 TIL that in 1992, instead of engaging in a messy legal battle over the use of a slogan, the CEOs of Southwest Airlines and Stevens Aviation simply arm-wrestled for whose company would own it.