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TIL that the Harlem Hell fighters a. African American unit during WW1 served more time in combat than any other American unit at 191 days in total

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xVkZg TIL that the classification of “First World” initially had nothing to do with standard of living or GDP. The terms 1st, 2nd, and 3rd world were devised at the onset of the Cold War to describe nations that were either aligned to NATO (1st), aligned to the USSR (2nd), or non-aligned to either (3rd).
oRZ0E TIL: British-based firm Reckitt Benckiser admitted in 2016 that it sold a humidifier disinfectant that killed about 100 people in South Korea. They withdrew their product after South Korean authorities suggested a link between chemicals to sterilise humidifiers and lung conditions in 2011.
x0xk TIL that Coca-Cola bottled in Cleveland, OH never switched to high-fructose corn syrup, they have always used natural sugar.
Rx64 TIL that in 1972 a scientist created a ‘Rat Utopia’ as a social experiment to study population density, and within two years the population dived Into a irreversible decline unto extinction.
QNWm6 TIL Osama bin Laden played Animal Crossing: Wild World, New Super Mario Bros., Pokémon Diamond, and other DS games on an emulator while in hiding