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TIL Food aid dropped into Afghanistan was the same color as the cluster bombs

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Zp9B TIL the guards at the maximum security prison in Walpole went on strike in 1973 due to “excessively humane” prison reforms. They left all the cells unlocked, but instead of escaping, the prisoners formed a self functioning anarchist society for 3 months.
QNryk TIL, from the 90s until 2004, the shortest commercial flight in the US was 13 minutes - and flew from Houston to Houston
VMJap TIL In 1943, the British took a civilian's corpse, filled his lungs with water, dressed him in a military uniform, gave him fake intelligence letters, and dropped him off the coast of Spain -- all in an elaborate ruse to draw the Germans away from Sicily. It worked.
grXp9 TIL about The Manifest Destiny that made people believe they had the right to take others land to expand capitalism and democracy
X0OJk TIL Walmart is not allowed in NYC, but Target is