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TIL Union General Ambrose Burnside was known for his unique beard, combining side whiskers with an unshaven chin. Thanks to him, we have the term "Sideburns"

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6E5xm TIL in 1954 Israel tried to create a false flag attack in Egypt by planting bombs in Egyptian, American, and British civilian targets. Muslims were to be blamed in order to convince British troops to stay in the Suez canal. Israel denied any involvement before awarding the agents 51 years later.
dLgr TIL fewer than 7% of all wars were the result of religious differences or were religiously motivated
X1YE TIL That Denmark has 5 pigs for every person, all because of bacon.
vLMr TIL Moss from the IT Crowd has directed music videos for Arctic Monkeys, Vampire Weekend, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs
OoyDR TIL Kurt Cobain wrote this text in the liner notes of Incesticide album: "I have a request to our fans. If any of you in any way hate homosexuals, people of different color, or women, please do this one favor for us — leave us the fuck alone! Don’t come to our shows and don’t buy our records."