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TIL Canadian WWI soldiers had violet privates

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woGY TIL Omar bin Laden (Osama’s son) was denied citizenship in Britain in 2007 because “Omar failed to provide his father’s permanent address”
PYE5e TIL Airlines all over the world are flying 10% slower than they did in 1960 to save on fuel costs
E1bD7 TIL that Ray Bradbury said that Fahrenheit 451 is not about government censorship but about social censorship where the people are the culprit.
6KjY TIL India bans captive Dolphin shows as ‘morally unacceptable’ - They believe they are highly intelligent & should be seen as ‘non-human persons’ with their own specific rights.
5VxB TIL there is a village in the Peruvian Andes that celebrates Christmas by getting drunk and beating the shit out of each other.