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TIL the Iraq war was basically started on the word of one guy, who was later revealed to have lied about the whole thing

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P15NL TIL Japanese Mass Suicides in WW2
y1NJ TIL that Mount Sunflower, the highest natural point in the state of Kansas, is a site on the plains which is “virtually indistinguishable from the surrounding terrain.”
D1EEJ TIL tempura was introduced to the Japanese by Portuguese missionaries in the 16th century observing abstinence rules for Catholics surrounding the quarterly ember days (Quattuor Tempora). Earlier Japanese deep-fried food was either simply fried without breading or batter, or fried with rice flour.
mxmYP TIL - In 1987 a jury awarded Michael Donald's mother $7 million in damages against the United Klans of America after 4 members lynched her son in '81 & this settlement bankrupted the organization.
1PM8 TIL that the claim that North Korea could kill 90 percent of the American people with an EMP attack was taken from a science fiction novel.