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TIL about the White Revolution, a sweeping -- and mostly successful -- program to modernize Iran. One element of it ended feudalism and gave farms to the farmers, but many of them ended up worse off than they were under feudalism. This caused a domino effect that led to the Islamic Revolution.

6EjeQ TIL Mickey Mouse's predecessor was a character named Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, who had to be replaced because his rights were owned by Universal Studios
VrBp TIL 36% of Americans said that they screamed, yelled, cursed, or physically assaulted their computers in the last 6 months
BrgKk TIL in 1830 students at Yale revolted over the introduction of chalk boards
d8nQZ TIL in 1958 the USAF planned to nuke the moon.
4kn6R TIL that beans are poisonous if not cooked properly