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TIL: All of the misleading information about Iraq and WMDs prior to American invasion came from a new, specially created unit in the Pentagon. The US Intelligence Community never claimed a connection.

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MeZZK TIL when The Beatles allowed advertisers to use their songs in 2008, the songs still had to be re-recorded by other artists, and the use had to be allowed by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono and George Harrison's family.
9Y15p TIL from 1946-1993, RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL (medical waste-spent nuclear fuel/reactors) was DUMPED INTO THE OCEANS by 13 nations. Records are often incomplete/incorrect, and ~982,394 cubic metres of radioactive waste was dumped in all major oceans, seas around Europe and Japan, and the English Channel.
Zvkv TIL a woman had her ex arrested through a fake cute girl facebook page conversations. Police released husband when he showed a notarized affidavit: “I am lying to this [fake profile] to gain proof that my ex-wife is trying to again tamper with my life. In no way do I have plans to harm my wife”
epY6 TIL That in addition to HTTP response codes 403: Forbidden, 404: Not found, etc. There also is Code 418: I’m a Teapot.
m7NR TIL a poll of 1000 members of the World Gaming Executives network voted Baldur’s Gate as their favourite game of all time.