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TIL women in Iraq were far more safe, educated and free under Saddam’s regime than today

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bRb7 TIL of Witold Pilecki, a Polish officer during WWII who volunteered to go to Auschwitz to document the genocide and fought in the Warsaw Uprising only to be executed by the Soviets
0dQJy TIL a dog survived the crash of American Airlines Flight 965, when the 757 crashed into a mountain in Buga, Columbia, killing 151 of the 155 passengers onboard.
m1YVP TIL Drugs money worth billions of dollars kept the financial system afloat at the height of the global crisis in 2008
neERW TIL that Kirk Douglass, the father of Michael Douglass (who is 75 years old), is STILL alive. Born in 1916, he is 102 years old and currently one of the last surviving stars of the film industry's Golden Age.
rXY4 TIL there are 350 million Chinese smokers, higher than the population of the United States, and 60% of all male physicians smoke. Cigarette sales generate 7-10% of the government’s revenue.