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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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Wkp9B TIL that animals re-evaluate what they experienced during the day in their sleep and thereby secure knowledge, meaning they have dreams as complex as a human's.
OokJY TIL: The U.S. Supreme Court building has a basketball court above the Supreme Court floor itself. It's called the "Highest Court in the Land".
oBRLY TIL when a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant closes, company policy is to smash Chuck E. Cheese's head.
xVpE1 TIL 90% of the profits of the O.J. Simpson book 'If I did it" went to Fred Goldman, Ron Goldman's father. Goldman had sued Simpson in a wrongful death civil suit and was awarded $33.5 million, which had gone unpaid. In 2007, a judge awarded the rights to the book to the Goldman family as payment.
KYJDR TIL that the longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.