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TIL that Sacha Baron Cohen, known for playing brainless idiots, has a degree in history from the University of Cambridge

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4XWMX TIL that American chicken eggs are banned in Europe and European eggs are banned in America.
YbAW TIL Millennium Challenge was a major war game exercise conducted by the US military in 2002. The combatants were the US, referred to as “Blue”, and an unknown adversary know as “Red”. After Red’s commander defeated Blue Team using asymmetric warfare, the game was reset and rigged so Blue would win.
9YyL6 TIL That the inventor of the IQ test, Alfred Binet, did not created it with the intention of measuring intelligence. Instead, his intention was to classify the "mental age" of kids and indetify the ones that weren't developing themselves well in school and sort of "rescue" them
LRmQ TIL a star discovered 75 light-years away is no warmer than a freshly brewed cup of coffee.
w8Lo TIL that there are about 200 dead frozen bodies on Mount Everest. Many of which you must pass to get to the summit. Some are used as waypoints… yes, there are pics.