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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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O86L TIL from a declassified US DOD document titled ‘Operation Northwoods’ that the DOD wanted to blow up a US Navy ship, down a civilian airliner, crash John Glenn’s spaceship, fake an attack on Guantanamo and stage communist terror campaigns to provide justification for a US military invasion of Cuba.
N7w8P TIL that barbers in the Middle Ages performed surgery such as limb amputation, bloodletting and tooth pulling in addition to cutting hair. They were known as ‘barber surgeons’ and the red and white barber pole signified blood and bandages.
x6alo TIL a book gun was made for Francesco Morozini, Duke of Venice (1619-1694). You pull the silk bookmark to shoot while the book is closed.
W7MY9 TIL chocolate milk does not come from brown cows
nvdW TIL A musician needs to get 130,745 plays per day on Spotify in order to earn minimum wage.