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TIL that the CIA carried out a terrorist campaign against civilian Viet Cong sympathizers in which over 26,000 were killed while some 55,000 others were captured and subjected to rape, electrocution, maulings, and other torture.

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p8mnQ TIL that San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge is not named for its color but for its location on the Golden Gate Strait. Its unusual reddish-orange color was a radical choice in the 1930s. It matched primer painted on some of the steel.
p8A7p TIL in 2009 2nd baseman Eric Bruntlett made errors on back-to-back pitches putting runners on 1st & 2nd. He then made an unassisted triple play to end the game
nK4Y TIL more than 25 percent of gardeners over 35 years of age say they are using rain barrels and other similar collectors in each of the four regions of the U.S., while only 15 percent of millennial gardeners in each region use them.
d6oE TIL that in 1972 some of Aircraft Carrier USS Ranger’s crew carried out two-dozen acts of sabotage to prevent the ship from returning to Vietnam
8aV5a TIL: The Mandalorian used 'virtual sets', LED screen walls with backgrounds made using Unreal engine.