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TIL that Glitter is destroying our oceans.

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8aEab TIL soldiers in the U.S. military’s psychological warfare department (PSYOPS) used loudspeakers to tempt enemy fighters in Afghanistan into battles they couldn’t win by calling them,”lady men” and “cowardly dogs”.
Bg7lL TIL Labi Siffre denied Dr Dre the rights to use his sample on Eminem's "My Name Is" until homophobic and sexist lyrics were removed. In an interview, he said "Dissing the victims of bigotry – women as bitches, homosexuals as faggots – is lazy writing. Diss the bigots not their victims."
P10lg TIL Neanderthals built circular structures from stalactites and stalagmites deep within a cave around 176,000 years ago.
AOO7 TIL Hobos are migrant worker, Tramps work when forced to, and Bums don’t work at all.
EgoY0 TIL that despite the popular belief that the USSR possesed hundreds of ICBMs and was winning the arms race, in reality they possesed only four by 1961.