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TIL I learned that the US bombing of Cambodia in the 1970s was requested / approved by the Cambodian government

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8vnL TIL a woman named Irena Sendler, who worked in the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII, saved 2,500 Jewish children’s lives by smuggling them out, she was eventually caught and tortured. In 2007 she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Price. She was not selected. Al Gore won, for a slide show on global warming.
MeL5K TIL if you publish a book in Norway, the government will buy thousands copies (1,550 if a children's book) and distribute them to top libraries throughout the country.
d8yaK TIL that one night in Ontario, 1978, two men with balaclavas and guns approached a restaurant. The manager saw them coming, but, unfazed, yelled: "Sorry, we're closed" and went back to mopping. The confused robbers fled and were apprehended. At appeal they were found not guilty of attempted robbery.
XEmdP TIL that 9/11 first responders who still pass away due to cancer and other diseases are considered murder victims by the perpetrators of the attacks.
4XdYb TIL "The Powerpuff Girls" was originally called "Whoopass Stew!" Rather than adding Chemical X to his formula, Professor Utonium accidentally adds a can of whoop ass, and the creation is known as The Whoopass Girls.