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TIL that in the Vietnam War, future Nebraska governor Bob Kerrey was complicit in a raid in which troops under his command killed 21 unarmed civilians, mostly children. He then falsely reported them as guerrillas. According to an American and Vietnamese witness, Kerrey had them shot in cold blood.

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Xl4D TIL Isaac Asimov once said: “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States…The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our life, nurtured by the notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
JJlv TIL A recent study showed 25% of US drivers making a turn failed to use signals correctly. 48% of US lane changers failed to use signals. Such failures are responsible for up to 2M preventable accidents a year.
lo891 TIL: It has been estimated that 80% of all Marriages in Human History have been between 1st and 2nd Cousins.
kJ8YW TIL about the infamous Ash Wednesday bushfires that ravaged the states of South Australia and Victoria on the 16th of February 1983. The fires burnt 3 million acres in a single day claiming a total of 75 lives and a total insurance cost of $324 million. ($1.16 billion adjusted for inflation)
gKmb TIL Floyd Mayweather accused Manny Pacquiao of wanting to fight him due to money problems. Pacquiao responded by challenging him to donate ALL their proceeds from their fight (estimated to bring in around $400,000,000) to charities around the world. Mayweather said no.