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TIL 70%-90% of detainees at the Abu Ghraib detention facility were mistakenly imprisoned

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gvbA TIL that Sept 11th has a different meaning in Chile. That was the date in 1973 that the CIA backed the overthrow of a democratic government by Augusto Pinocet who would go on to kill over 3000 and torture up to 30,000 Chileans.
4xEb TIL gorillas have been observed dismantling snares after a member of their troop was killed by one
OG9GR TIL during the period aptly named as "the great dying" 57% of biological families on earth, uncluding 81% of marine life and 70% of terrestrial vertebrate went extinct. The likely cause is volcanic activity turned the oceans toxic and released toxic gas like sulfuric dioxide into the air
9wNED TIL that President Ulysses S. Grant was nearly bankrupted by a Ponzi scheme a year before his death, and was saved from near-destitution by partnering with Mark Twain on his memoirs
OoVkR TIL according to the US Flag Code "The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery", and "No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform"