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TIL that Nixon sabotaged LBJ’s peace negotiations with North Vietnam.

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OG5X7 TIL about Iqbal Masih, a Pakistani Christian child labourer and activist who campaigned against abusive child labour in Pakistan. He was assassinated at the age of 12 for his outspoken activism.
YdXB TIL the mobile game “Send Me to Heaven” involves throwing your phone as high in the air as you can. the creator said he made it with the hope of destroying as many iPhones as possible, but Apple banned it from the App Store
9Yw1m TIL that due to the way a rotting apple releases ethylene (which accelerates rotting), one bad apple really does ruin the whole bunch
xaAB TIL Pirate Benjamin Hornigold once attacked a ship just to take their hats.
QJYYe TIL Zakouma National Park, Chad, is the closest “Big Five” destination to Europe. Six black rhinos were flown 3,000 miles from South Africa to settle in the park in 2018 since their species was wiped out by poachers. All the rhinos were dehorned to deter poachers, and electronically tagged