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TIL that Monsanto created Agent Orange, which caused over half a million Vietnamese children to be born with deformities.

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EVRw TIL that when Sylvester Stallone was pitching his new script in the 70’s, the studio refused to make it with Stallone in the lead. He turned down $300k with only $106 in his bank account until the studio caved and made it with him as the star. That film was Rocky.
o77 TIL The first Barley Beer in history may be from Iran, where Beer is now illegal for 98% of the population.
dDA8d TIL of Molly and Clay Daniels, a couple who committed insurance fraud. They dug up a corpse, burned it in a car, and pretended it was the husband that died. They then went around introducing Clay as Molly's "new" boyfriend to everyone, including their own kids.
JdPl TIL Hitler used the slaughtering of Native Americans as the inspiration for concentration camps.
R7An8 TIL of Ushuaia, Argentina, the southernmost city in the world. Despite it's latitude and being adjacent to a glacier, winters are actually very mild with typical temperatures no lower that of some populated parts of the Scottish Highlands.