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TIL the American Terex Corporation supplied Iraq with weapons technology in the 1990s, likely at the direction of the CIA and British Intelligence.

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VBd0D TIL that there is a name for when people are cousins through both parents, it is "double cousins".
gMARA TIL Saint Valentine's Keys are given to offer a cure for epilepsy on Saint Valentine's Day
nerob TIL in the early 1930s the Irving family on the Isle of Man claimed to be haunted by Gef the Talking Mongoose who would throw stones, ride the bus for the gossip and sing bawdy renditions of "Home on the Range." He described himself as “the fifth dimension...the eighth wonder of the world!”
rN4D0 TIL in 2016 archaeologists discovered the first incidence of cannabis being used as a “shroud” covering in a human burial. The 2,400 year old tomb also contained 13 complete cannabis plants, suggesting that it was locally grown along the Silk Road.
7L5O TIL that the word “cool” (meaning popular) as existed a little longer than 1884. Cool has stayed cool for over 100 years.