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TIL That Canada is actually considered to be the country with the most Freedom.

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Yyg7 TIL that the war on drugs was persecuted as a personal crusade by one man. During his 31 year career,Harry Anslinger helped shape global drugs policy and ordered that a dying Billie Holiday be handcuffed to her death bed
LJlP TIL The term Third World arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either NATO, or the Communist Bloc.
v1NXL TIL: "Star wars: Return of the Jedi" crawl was the only one not to follow the four dot rule.
BgBMd TIL when a chimpanzee that learns an effective method to crack nuts open is placed into a new group that uses a less effective strategy, it will eventually stop using the superior method just to blend in with the rest of the chimps.
X0MYP TIL The CIA uses music to torture prisoners. Some songs include the Meow Mix commercial song, Barney & Friends theme song, Sesame Street theme song, Real Slim Shady by Eminem, and more