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TIL Several African countries don’t like second-hand clothes being imported to their countries because it is destroying their local textile industry.

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YMx7 TIL that Joe Rogan confronted Carlos Mencia for stealing jokes, while Carlos was on stage.
XE4g6 TIL in 1982, the CIA successfully tricked the Soviet Union into stealing sabotaged software that oversaw pump valves in gas lines. The CIA used it to close off a massive Soviet gas line, leading to a massive pressure build up and “the most monumental non-nuclear explosion ever seen from space.”
89LP TIL that Christians introduced “Christian Power Cards” to compete with Pokemon due to the concept of ‘Pokemon Evolution’ going against the Biblical creation account in Genesis.
vaxD TIL beekeepers in France discovered blue and green honey, the result of bees foraging in the waste created in the production of M&Ms.
0yBy TIL That Napoleon commissioned the development of a system that would allow his troops to communicate at night in the front lines, which was eventually taught to and perfected by 12 year old student Louis Braille.