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TIL The Elite Canadian Airborne Regiment was disbanded following the torture and murder of locals whilst Peacekeeping in Somalia.

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PZaO TIL that Joseph Smith was killed by an angry mob while incarcerated. Smith had tried to suppress a local that had exposed Smith’s practice of polygamy - implying that he used his religion as a pretext to seduce and marry unassuming women - including the wives of some of his closest associates
AG1a TIL: If you cut off a Starfish’s leg it will grow back. The leg itself will also grow a new body containing four new legs effectively cloning itself.
QYlM TIL when Han Solo said he did the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs he was not trying to describe how fast his ship was going. Instead he was bragging that he had done a shorter route of the Kessel Run. He did this by going closer to a black hole than most dared to go.
pV0p TIL of the Coconut Religion, which advocated only eating coconut and only drinking coconut milk
N7Xk8 TIL Potato plants can grow fruit. They look like tiny green tomatoes and are poisonous.