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TIL that an estimated 10-20% of the entire population of Mauritania is enslaved. It only became a crime in 2007.

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xVRkw Today I learned that after gaining independence from France, Haiti was later forced to pay reparations to former slave owners
O1XY TIL that MK Ultra, the evil program from ‘Stranger Things’, was a real life project ran by the CIA
R7XOQ TIL: sleeve Chevrons used in military rank insignias typically point down in the US Navy & US Air force & Commonwealth countries. In the US Army & US Marine Corps Chevrons point up.
VPxm TIL Jay Leno has never touched a dime of his ‘Tonight Show’ money
ZLDQ TIL after male giraffes fight, they often have “make-up sex”; these same-sex interactions in giraffes have been found to be more frequent than heterosexual mating.