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TIL in 1990, Americans were told Iraqi forces in Kuwait removed hundreds of babies from incubators and were thrown in the street or killed. The story was false and part of a PR firm’s contract to build up US public support for the invasion of Iraq. It was overwhelmingly successful.

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