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TIL 12 Years ago, the Dixie Chicks spoke out against the Iraq War and were Boycotted by the American Public

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7rmbL TIL Pakistan was actually two countries, with 'East' and 'West' Pakistan. East Pakistan was over 1300 miles away and subsequently became the country of Bangledesh in 1971.
kJBk7 TIL: Howard Hughes invented the prototype pushup bra because he was obsessed with Jane Russell's chest
8aV1X TIL that former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il secretly studied English on the small island of Malta in the 1970s . His English teacher, Prof. Daniel Massa, said that he used to become irritable when hungry, especially when lessons overstepped their time limit and impinged on his lunch break.
WyG8 TIL that crows and ravens are ranked among the most intelligent animals on the planet. They are known to have the ability to use tools. Some crows have even invented a method of bait fishing with crumbs stolen from humans.
OGQo6 TIL human poop is used as fertilizer on farm fields