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TIL that tear gas is a chemical weapon banned at war, but police are still allowed to use it on protesters.

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wLRNY TIL about the Royal Hawaiian Navy, which consisted of a single ship, HHMS Kaimiloa, and existed for about 5 months, from March to August of 1887. She only had a single mission- to sail to Samoa to seek an alliance. That mission failed, mostly due to colonial ambitions of world powers at the time.
PY8aO TIL that when Apollo 11 was returning to Earth, the tracking station at Guam failed. To jury-rig repairs, the station director brought in his 10-year-old son, whose hands were small enough to get inside the faulty machinery and pack it full of grease.
ZpXZv TIL in the original 1992 Powerpuff Girls pilot, Professor Utonium spills an open can of Whoop Ass, not Chemical X, to create the - then called - Whoopass Girls.
eMV6 TIL that a Russian suicide bomber received an unexpected text message from her wireless carrier which triggered her belt bomb and killed her instantly.
JGXj TIL critics complained that Indian musician Daler Mehndi’s music was only popular because his videos featured beautiful women. Mehndi’s response was to create a video featuring only copies of himself greenscreened in, leading to the creation of the “Tunak Tunak Tun” video.