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TIL the US was sold Kazakhstan’s uranium supply through a diplomat’s car mechanic

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x6m40 TIL that in 2010, a woman at a Bangkok airport attempted to smuggle a drugged tiger cub in her suitcase by camouflaging it among plush tigers. She was caught after the X-ray scanner revealed that her suitcase contained a live animal with bones and organs.
Y7vJr TIL Kennedy's book, Profiles In Courage, was extremely sympathetic to the Deep South and the Lost Cause myth. He portrayed the South as the victims of the Civil War and Reconstruction while Northerners were portrayed as corrupt officials who exploited and ravaged the South.
vPyjx TIL of Inalchuq, a governor of the Khwarezmian Empire who appropriated and slaughtered a Mongolian Caravan in 1218, and sold its goods. Protected and supported by his Sultan, his actions would lead to the subjugation and near-genocide of his entire empire and people.
5YXAr TIL Jawdat Ibrahim, an Arab Israeli man, won $22m the Illinois lottery in 1990 and used his winnings to develop his home village of Abu Ghosh. The hummus restaurant he opened there has been used to host Israel-Palestine peace talks, and set the world record for largest Hummus.
VMgVm TIL Nigeria drinks more Guinness beer than any other country.