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TIL of Mbaye Diagne, a Senegalese military officer and UN observer who disobeyed UN Rules of Engagement to save "at least hundreds" during the Rwandan Genocide.

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D4Av TIL Germany’s National Colors stand for “from the darkness of slavery (black) through the bloody battles (red) to the golden light of freedom” and got this meaning during the German campaign during the Napoleonic Wars. (German Link)
e0Zo6 TIL there are no Japanese hornets in North Carolina. They are European hornets.
GYYPj Is the world finally ready for cellular agriculture, meat grown in a laboratory, or whatever else the latest marketing attempts are calling it?
kJPG1 TIL about the "Symphony of Industrial Horns". A avant-garde rendition of The Internationale performed by Arseny Avraamov in Baku, Azerbaijan, 1922. The Symphony utilized live sounds of trains, naval vessels, factories and other industrial installations across the city as its instruments.
kwre TIL that cycling is better than walking or running for maintaining muscle, strength, and fat loss