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TIL On Christmas 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev officially resigned as the last head of state for the Soviet Union.

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0dmpp TIL that chimpanzees also wage wars. The Gombe Chimpanzee War pitted two groups against each other for four years.
Xkn8 TIL Metallica’s “Fuel” has gone unedited for 15 years in virtually all radio airplay and live televised performances (including SNL) despite the word “Fuck” being clearly audible.
Z88ep TIL about the English Channel Dash, successfully completed by the Germans in 1942. It was deemed one of the biggest embarrassments to the British Royal Navy in WW2 as it was literally a mile from their shores
4P96 TIL forensic scientists have said that around 80% of all British banknotes contain traces of drugs. A 1999 study found even higher levels of contamination in the London area; of 500 notes tested, only four had no traces of cocaine.
b9bGj TIL Psychopaths and Sociopaths both fall into the same overall mental health diagnosis of Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD)