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TIL The Battle of the Somme was humouristically called the "Great Fuck Up" by soldiers of WW1

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b6EJZ TIL that To obtain a passport, Pakistani citizens must declare whether they are Muslim or non-Muslim; Muslims also must affirm that they accept the unqualified finality of the Prophethood of Mohammed, declare that Ahmadis are non-Muslims, and specifically denounce the founder of the Ahmadi movement.
eeZL TIL famous hacker Kevin Mitnick played a computer expert in the first season of Alias. They used dummy computers since touching one violated his parole.
780Ep TIL: That Larry Love, writer of the theme music to The Sopranos, has never actually watched The Sopranos.
7rJ5L TIL a separatist movement in the 60% German-speaking Italian province of South Tyrol advocates the region's reunification with neighboring Austria. Italy was incentivized to enter World War I when a treaty permitted absorbing Tyrol. It was ceded in reparations, breaking Woodrow Wilson's promise.
mxKjM TIL rain on concrete or soil causes pockets of gas that were stored to be released because they get softened, which gives that familiar ‘after-rain’ smell