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TIL that Pres. Eisenhower warned unending conflict would allow the Military Industrial Complex to degrade American Freedom.

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Egb1P TIL, in 1940 RAF pilot Victor Ekins was shot in the stomach and had his plane disabled by the bullet. When he bailed out, he coincidentally landed in the middle of a Canadian Ambulance Unit
aW0Z TIL that FC Barcelona, one of the biggest soccer teams in the world, has a “reverse sponsorship” agreement with UNICEF. The team wears the organization’s logo on their shirt while donating 1.5 million euros ($1.8 million) each year.
RNo4 TIL National Lampoon’s Vacation original ending screened so poorly that 4 months after filming wrapped, they rewrote the ending, hired John Candy, and filmed the sequence at Wally World
WkeNL TIL there are 7 days in a week thanks to the Babylonians, who lived in modern-day Iraq. As keen observers of the heavens, the Babylonians adopted 7 days because they observed 7 celestial bodies — the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.
rJ4d TIL although being gay is illegal in Iran, being transgender is fully accepted. Although once you change gender you must then only date the opposite gender.