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TIL that Stalin killed way more people than Hitler by creating a famine to promote his forced collectivization of agriculture and five-year plan.

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Drgr TIL during the Vietnam War special forces used a silenced pistol called a ‘hush puppy’ for eliminating noisy animals like guard dogs. It was also sometimes used on ducks.
7oNO TIL that initially morphine was used as a cure against opium addiction and later heroin was used as a cure against morphine addiction and even later methadone was used as a cure against heroin addiction!
4rvg TIL that Bayer Pharmaceuticals used to buy prisoners from Auschwitz for medical testing
rXZd TIL If you were on the moon during a total lunar eclipse, you would simultaneously see every sunset and sunrise on the Earth as a red ring around the globe.
edOE TIL the phrase “all natural” is completely unregulated and can be used to describe any product. “The lack of standards in most jurisdictions means that the term assures nothing.”