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TIL that SEAL Team Six was only the second SEAL team, but was designated the number six to confuse the Soviets as to how many SEAL teams there were.

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x6O1w TIL the Association of German National Jews supported Hitler, believing his rhetoric was just to "stir up the masses"
j5EX TIL the law requiring American TV news stations to provide viewers with contrasting points of view, called “The Fairness Doctrine”, was eliminated in 1987.
WREY TIL that war pigs were used in ancient warfare, to counter against war elephants, which feared the pigs (and their squeals) and would bolt. War pigs were sometimes lit on fire to enhance this effect.
N7RxN TIL that a fifth of people in Greenland have attempted suicide, which is four times the global prevalence.
LkA8d TIL an Oklahoma man died from an atomic wedgie.