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TIL During the 1991 Gulf War, US Navy ships continuously played a list of songs by Front 242 and other bands such as the Ramones, The Clash, and Ministry as a means of boosting morale and aggression during combat operations.

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wo0Qo Til about Ignatius Timothy Trebitsch-Lincoln a Jewish conman and adventurer who “ posed as a Protestant missionary, Anglican priest, British Member of Parliament for Darlington, German right-wing politician and spy, Nazi collaborator, Buddhist abbot in China, and self-proclaimed Dalai Lama.
W7dRL TIL there is a mummified forest of redwood trees on a Canadian island in the high Arctic close to the North Pole. Some of the trees were up to 140 feet tall and grew during a warm period in the earth's history, despite 3 full months of darkness each year.
ZoeB TIL, the book “to train up a child” by Michael Pearl advocates the use of severe corporal punishment and even starvation to control children. It has been linked to multiple child deaths.
yQabJ Til: You weren't supposed to eat sushi rolls with chopsticks
x6VZ1 TIL: In 1999, a Minnesota man was imprisoned, fined, and put on probation for involvement in smuggling counterfeit Beanies