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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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JY0P4 TIL When the USS West Virginia battleship was finally salvaged 6 months after the attack on Pearl Harbour, a calendar was found in an air tight room where 3 trapped sailors had marked off 16 days until they died
BrYjW TIL turtles that wander on to roads occasionally get launched into traffic after being struck by a vehicle and are able to survive the impact of being sent through a windshield.
BrWnW TIL that this is the 100th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre where the British gunned down 1500 peaceful Indian protesters in 10 minutes. Colonel Dryer, the man who ordered the massacre said he “wanted to punish Indians for disobedience.”
KOXrG TIL Scorsese's Wolf of Wall Street was funded by Riza Aziz who diverted $155M from Malaysia's 1MDB economic development company. In addition, his step-father (Prime Minister Najib Razak) channeled $700M into his personal account. 1MDB has no company address and was issued a $3B bond by Goldman Sachs
VM0Xm TIL the first fan hit by a puck at the Florida Panthers’ current arena was a 5-year-old Ariana Grande