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TIL Journalist Micheal Hastings wrote a career ending report on Stanley McChrystal causing him to be fired in the Army

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W5rL TIL there is a town in Peru where men, women and children fistfight each other on December 25 to settle old conflicts and begin the new year with a clean slate. “Takanakuy”
KpMB TIL Genghis Khan killed so many people he cleaned about 700 million tons of Carbon from the atmosphere. It may be the first case of man made global cooling.
loky5 TIL The Moken nomad Tribe of southern Thailand saved their lives during the 2004 tsunami thanks to their Elder's hability to read the "Sea Signs". Soon minutes before the waves hit shore, the entire comunity was able to flee up hills for cover.
GAGmG TIL of Balkan sworn virgins - People born as women who took a vow of chastity in order to be considered men
gMAX TIL that ‘The Lion King’ was originally supposed to be titled 'The King of the Jungle’. The reason they changed it is because they learned that lions don’t actually live in the jungle, they live in the savannah.