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TIL some weapons and chemicals forbidden by armies to use during war are actively used on civilians, including Tear Gas.

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WkGRN TIL that in the 1930s American travel writer Richard Halliburton discovered a remote mountain community in the Caucases that had descended from a lost band of German knights from the crusades.
XEvYX TIL about Empress Wu - China’s one and only female ruler. Harshly demonized by her contemporary historians during the Tang Dynasty, she was an ambitious and steadfast leader who strived to allow women the same rights as men.
neOm7 TIL Octopuses sometimes punch fish. A hypothesis is that the octopus is punching out of spite to punish the fish. Research suggests that the octopus brain, though drastically different than ours, is capable of complex behavior and cognition.
OGgj4 TIL The 1967 adaptation of Ulysses was considered so vulgar in New Zealand, theaters would play it to gender segregated audiences. The offensive parts were only 1 F-word and a character describing oral sex.
9jmX TIL the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that competitive cheerleading is NOT a sport and thus, can not be used in place of another women’s sport under Title IX.