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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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XEPRj TIL about the Golden Fantasy. The Golden fantasy is a secret expectation that all of one's problems can be solved by interaction with a perfect and all-caring relationship figure. The fantasy can be found both in psychotherapy and in ordinary life.
e7vE TIL Stanley Kubrick was asked to direct Lord of the Rings, but he declined because he felt that the story was unfilmable.
NX7E1 TIL that after the 2019 Alabama tornado, the Poarch Band of Creek Indians donated $184k to fund the funerals for all 23 fatalities as a result of the storm
69vwY TIL in 1999 Gaston Glock, inventor of the Glock pistol, suspected Charles Ewert, his closest adviser had been embezzling funds. Glock confronted Ewert, who then hired an assassin named Spartacus, to murder Glock who was able to fight back, by punching the assassin until he collapsed on top of Glock.
oBryR TIL that dingos are a species of dog that are descended from domesticated ancestors; this is why even wild dingos are comfortable around humans, and are even known to hunt and sleep alongside humans.