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TIL In 1967, Egypt received false intel from the Soviets that Israel was massing its troops on the Syrian border. In response, Egypt mobilized its forces in Sinai and Straits of Tiran. Israel saw the blockade of Tiran as a Casus Belli and launched a pre-emptive strike thus initiating the Six-Day War

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ZVKa TIL The scene in Kill Bill where Uma Thurman shoots through the cereal is a reference to the episode of the Simpsons called “Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala-D'oh-cious,” which features an episode of Itchy and Scratchy called Resevoir Cats guest directed by Quentin Tarantino.
eP1n TIL that a popular 70s Japanese kids show called Rascal the Raccoon led to a raccoon adoption craze in Japan. Eventually, raccoons invaded the wild, where they continue to this day to wreak havoc on infrastructure and the environment as they have no natural predators.
myxO TIL Macho Man Randy Savage’s Father Angelo Poffo holds the record for most sit-ups done consecutively. 6,033 in 4 hours 10 minutes.
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