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TIL about the us support for 1965 indonesia massacre

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P4vn TIL shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks a memo was distributed to radio stations with a list of songs deemed ‘lyrically inappropriate’; the list contained 165 suggestions with one reading “Every Rage Against the Machine Song”.
Qdd TIL the coroner’s report revealed Whitney Houston wore full dentures, probably as a direct result of her drug use.
e07YD TIL that Hitler's perception of Americans as weak and sure to quickly give up in a war was in part shaped by the movie adaptation of Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath and its portrayal of downtrodden Okie farmers.
rRydW TIL that the word “soybean” is named after soy sauce, not the other way around.
yQnXa TIL only 2% of Ford buyers took the $27 seat belt option, in 1956. And in the 80's, less than 15% of Americans said they used seat belts and a Gallup poll showed that 65% of Americans opposed mandatory belt laws. Now "more than 90% buckle up regularly".