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TIL that the Second Congo War was the deadliest war since WWII with 5.4 million deaths.

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x7B5 TIL camels were brought to Canada in 1862 to haul gold; the disastrous experiment ended in only 1 year after the camels terrorized horses and ate miners’ clothes and soap
Xa8Q TIL: Of a Chechen terrorist attack in Moscow theater in 2002. Of the 130 people who died in the attack, only 1 was killed by terrorists, the other 129 were killed by the Russian special forces trying to rescue them.
9YBRQ TIL Noam Chomsky considers himself a libertarian socialist, a term which replaced the modern (19th century) form of anarchism. As opposed to common conceptions of anarchists promoting chaos, this is an ideology which embraces anti-capitalist as well as anti-government views.
pJQp TIL that in the 1500’s Russia had a mentally disabled Tsar who enjoyed nothing more in life than ringing bells and whose mismanagement led to the 15 year Time of Troubles. But they loved and respected him anyway.
E1Y6o TIL that the fifth oldest person in history Jamaican Violet Brown who had lived to 115 years had a son who was 97 years old who was still alive when she was. Making him the oldest person ever with a parent. They both died in 2017.