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TIL that in the mid-1980’s the Soviet KGB launched “Operation INFEKTION,” aimed at making people believe that the United States invented HIV.

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WlYA TIL Adolf Hitler survived over 20 documented assassination attempts mostly from people who served him
neeQB Shopkeeper removing the word, ‘Italian’ from the sign above his restaurant in Soho, London during WW II, after anti-Italian riots throughout Britain.
GApWJ Today I Learned: Unique Species Of Ant Found Only In New York City
nW7G9 TIL: Papua New Guinea, a country in Oceania has one of the worlds highest crime rates.
wLyD1 TIL The crucial reason why manholes are round is because a round lid cannot fall into a round opening whereas a square lid can fall into a square opening diagonally