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TIL I learned there was a conspiracy theory that alleged the CIA had a woman give false testimony to the House of Representatives against the Iraqis in 1990 so the U.S. would back Kuwait. In 1992, it was proven true.

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loPK TIL In the KATUSA program Korean men can serve their mandatory two year military service as a soldier in the United States Army
Wkk48 TIL the accusations of Facebook secretly eavesdropping on their users’ conversations to better target advertising to those users was started by a mass communications professor who later denied the claim
pYmR4 TIL that if you crack a fresh ice cube tray in the dark, it will create light due to a phenomenon called fractoluminescence (or triboluminescence)
d8nRE TiL women receiving radiation to their pelvis can have their ovaries transplanted into their forearm (heterotopic transplantation) to be retrieved in the future for IVF and maintain their fertility.
nekmG TIL Skyscrapers shrink over time due to building materials compressing. This shrinkage is large enough that elevator guide rails in the highest skyscrapers need to be mounted to sliding clips, instead of attached solidly, so they can move when the building shrinks instead of warping.