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TIL there's a type of rainbow that's flat called a 'firebow'

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nWX1G TIL FBI records released by 9/11 Commission name ticket holders who missed or changed their flight for the hijacked planes. Danny Wahlberg and Donato Tramuto who claimed they had tickets aren’t named
neBx9 TIL To cover up My Lai massacre, Hugh Thompson jr. was quickly awarded Distinguished Flying Cross with citation of fabricated events that included promoting Vietnamese–American relations in the operational area. Thompson threw away the citation.
OoX6g TIL Some 10 percent of Dongguan's more than 8 million population is said to engage in sex work. It is estimated that at its peak there were more than 250,000 sex workers and brothels are often disguised as hair salons or karaoke bars
XEYg6 TIL in 2016 and 2017 American and Canadian diplomats stationed in Cuba began reporting unusual, unexplained health problems later described in a medical study as "a new syndrome in the diplomats that resembles persistent concussion." The cause of "Havana Syndrome" is still unknown.
5919 TIL the Nigerian email scam is the modern version of a con called the Spanish Prisoner, which dates back to long before the Internet was invented.