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TIL - there's such a thing as pink snow

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jNVLa TIL that leaders of the Black Panther Party were "neutralized" (murdered, imprisoned, publicly humiliated or falsely charged with crimes) by COINTELPRO, a series of illegal FBI operations.
kVKE TIL that 5,500 unexploded bombs from WWII are discovered in Germany each year
W7k7Y TIL In 1989 A gas pipeline alongside the Trans-Siberian Railway exploded just as two trains passed each other simultaneously, killing 575 people. Known as the Ufa Train disaster
VERQ TIL In France, Japan, Germany, Denmark, Norway, New Zealand, and Sweden have strict-baby naming laws and reject names they deem “unfit”
M7L60 TIL about the Ghost Camaro, a 1979 Chevrolet Camaro driven in combat by Danish Special Forces officer Helge Meyer during the Bosnian War. The black Ghost Camaro was stealthily driven at night to deliver humanitarian supplies to civilians, going where white U.N. supply vehicles couldn’t safely go.