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TIL that the artist Banksy financed and helped design the hotel "with the worst view in the world" overlooking the wall separating Israeli and Palestinian sections of Bethlehem.

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1aQrW TIL that the Mexican government sent around 500 of it's elite soldiers to be trained as commandos at Ft. Bragg(USA), in order to better combat the rising drug violence in the country. After training, many of the soldiers returned to Mexico, only to start the brutally violent drug cartel: Los Zetas.
jNNAa TIL that Russel Harvard - the actor who plays the hitman Mr. Wrench in Fargo - is actually deaf, and helped the directors and costar Adam Goldberg coordinate the scenes involving ASL
M7M6A TIL that some people dream in black and white https://www.thelist.com/434087/the-weird-reason-people-dream-in-black-and-white
VMpZp TIL that a Marine called customer service when his M107 .50 caliber sniper rifle failed during a gunfight with the Taliban. After several minutes the weapon was back in service.
Nlgb TIL: There is a shortwave radio station in Russia called UVB-76 that constantly emits a buzzing noise but recently sent out a message saying “Command 135 Initiated”