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TIL Persia was renamed Iran after the word “Aryan” which means noble. It’s the same word used by the nazis.

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WJGX TIL that on Christmas, 1979 the first president of Equatorial Guinea had 150 of his opponents killed; Soldiers dressed up in Santa Clause outfits and executed them in a football stadium while amplifiers played “Those Were the Days”
Z49D TIL that in 2008, 40% of German soldiers were overweight and unfit for duty. 8% were severely overweight
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