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TIL Qaddafi Warned France “If I Go Down, You Will Be Flooded With Millions Of Blacks”

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WkkXL TIL that Marry, Mary, Merry, Bury, Larry, Leery, Fairy, and Ferry aren't all pronounced the same in other english accents
8XBb TIL that during the Vietnam War, a US task force known as ‘Tiger Force’ routinely cut of the ears of its victims to make necklaces from them.
9w7Z7 TIL After the US Navy lost the USS Thresher in 1963, it instituted a quality assurance program called SUBSAFE for its submarines. As a result they went from losing 16 submarines to non-combat reasons in the 48 years before, to losing only the USS Scorpion (which wasn’t SUBSAFE certified) since 1963.
KLR9 TIL that William Edmondson, the son of freed slaves, took up sculpting at age 55 after seeing a vision from God. He used found materials and made his own tools out of railroad spikes. Eight years later he was the first Black artist to have a one-man show at MoMA.
0nvN TIL bear bile farms actually have some scientific basis because bears are the only mammals that naturally produce large amounts of UDCA in their bile. UDCA is FDA approved for treatment of gallstones. On the other hand, it can be synthesized without any harm to bears.