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TIL Scientology targeted organizers of the 2008 Anonymous protests using Fair Game tactics of "Noisy Investigations" by PIs and killing pets of participants

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dD7k9 TIL about Bikeshedding: draining time & resources on insignificant details, so the core issues are ultimately neglected.
nW4PY TIL in the Battle of Kinshasa (2nd Congo War), Zimbabwean aircraft launched from the airport's northern part of the runway to bomb the Rwandan positions at the same airport's southern part of the runway. Average turnaround time was less than 5 minutes.
drPE TIL Italian footballer Mario Balotelli asked fan why he was skipping school, and when he learned it was because the fan was being bullied, went to the school and confronted the bully himself.
kOdd1 TIL about a 2000 year old Roman era tomb in Jordan whose walls hold 260 figures painted in narrative scenes with comic-style speech bubbles. The 60 odd texts painted in black appear to be Aramaic using Greek letters and are considered one of oldest versions of comic design.
5YDbr TIL that there's something called a neutrino. It's a particle that's created in stars and supernovas, and which passes through everything including you, every second.. also.. the neutrino detector is, without a doubt, one of the most mind-blowing things I've ever seen in my life..