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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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xVNR0 TIL that Bikini atoll, the place where Bikini Bottom was named after, was declared a nuclear wasteland after the US dropped 23 bombs in the 1950s. However scientists have found thriving life in the center of it all, with evidence that life restarted a mere 10 years after the bombings.
jEBa TIL that you need to “prove” you’re gay to the Turkish military by showing “photographic evidence”, basically showing a picture of yourself having sex as the “bottom”, because being “top” doesn’t necessarily mean you’re gay
ak5J TIL: US soldiers raped, burned and killed a 14yo Iraqi girl and killed 3 members of her family including 6yo sister
lymK TIL that in 1893 Hawaii’s monarchy was overthrown when a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced the queen to abdicate. The coup led to the dissolving of the Kingdom of Hawaii two years later, its annexation as a U.S. territory and eventual admission as the 50th state in the union.
d8ABd TIL that the creator of the popular board game "Guess Who?" was a classmate of Anne Frank