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TIL Dingos are technically not native to Australia but were introduced by humans some 5000 years ago

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LeL0 TIL that during the Vietnam War, American troops would eat small amounts of C4 plastic explosive to get high.
Y7plP TIL that during World War II, USAAF Col. Paul Tibbetts was frustrated with his pilots complaining about how hard it was to fly the new B-29 bomber. He arranged for two women WASP pilots to be trained on the big plane and had them fly it around the country just to shame the men. It worked.
M7BQV TIL about Operation Condor - an American and French funded right-wing terror operation that resulted in coups against and assassination and torture of left-wing sympathizers in South America between 1975 to 1983
e0gKn TIL that, when Dustin Hoffman did his make up test for Tootsie he said to the make up artist ""Now make me a beautiful woman." He was told, "That's as good as it gets." Realising how poorly he had treated women who looked just like him in the past, he went home cried.
xJmg TIL Herbert Hoover was fluent in Mandarin Chinese. He and his wife spoke it when they wanted to foil eavesdroppers in the White House.