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TIL The Second Congo War, or “The Great War of Africa” (1998-2003), was by far the deadliest war to occur during the last 20 years, with estimates of between 2.7 and 5.4 million deaths.

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pDb4 TIL In 1971, Congress passed the Comprehensive Child Development Bill, which was then vetoed by Richard Nixon. The bill would have created a multi-billion dollar national day care system designed partially to make it easier for single parents to work and care for children simultaneously.
ReOj TIL Gary Oldman and Matthew McConaughey stared in a 2003 movie called “Tiptoes” in which McConaughey’s entire family are dwarves. And Gary Oldman in “a role of a lifetime” plays McConaughey’s twin brother, also a dwarf.
wLrpo TIL of the Felony Murder Doctrine, where any killing that occurs in the course of a dangerous felony can be charged against the felon as first-degree murder. This can lead to strange results. If you rob a store with your brother and he is shot by the clerk, you can be charged with his murder.
yQkQl TIL that most animals are digitigrade, i.e., they walk on their digits or toes. Birds, cats, dogs etc are examples and what most people think are knees are actually their ankles. Humans are plantigrades ,i.e., they walk on the flats of their feet
VB1PB TIL about the Obliteration Room housed in London where visitors are invited to cover over with stickers to eliminate the traces of the original white room through the act of communal “obliteration.”