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TIL the Columbia marching band was banned from playing at West Point in 1972 when they formed a “burning Cambodian village” on the field

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pN0O TIL that a Japanese magazine illegally released the names of juveniles tried and convicted for the rape, torture, and murder of a 16 year old girl, saying that “human rights aren’t needed for brutes.”
16yP7 TIL that Westminster Palace, the home of both Chambers of British Parliament is home to no less than 30 bars that are subsidized by the taxpayers
N7VyP TIL in 1815, when Napoleon Bonaparte was thrown overboard due to rough seas, a random fisherman's Newfoundland dog jumped into the water from the fisherman's boat and kept Napoleon afloat until he could reach safety.
4XRJ5 TIL that the US Army never gave the Native Americans smallpox infested blankets as a tool of genocide. The US did inflict countless atrocities against the natives, but the smallpox blankets story was fabricated by a University of Colorado professor.
pJJ4 TIL due to their similar protein composition, blood can be used as an egg substitute in baking and making ice cream.