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TIL the US congress has a lower approval rating than cockroaches & colonoscopies, and is even less popular than it was during the American Revolution.

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OPpa TIL of Ryan Ferguson, a man convicted of and currently still serving time for a murder based on nothing more than the statements of two people who have admitted they lied.
XEj1D TIL the estimated death toll of the Massacre at Huế during the Vietnam War was between 2,800 and 6,000 civilians and prisoners of war, or 5–10% of the total population of Huế. Victims were found bound, tortured, and sometimes buried alive. Many victims were also clubbed to death
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