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TIL in 1986 The U.S. was condemned by the World Court for using Violence and Terrorism against civilians in Nicaragua.

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OGZAL TIL that the jerrycan was invented in Nazi Germany. Jerry, also often phrased as Gerry, was used by the allies when referring to German soldiers. So jerrycan means something like “German can”.
R7pL9 TIL that since 9/11 more than 37,000 first responders and people around ground zero have been diagnosed with cancer and illness, and the number of disease deaths is soon to outnumber the total victims in 2001.
ANOVB TIL Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, as settlement in the South Atlantic, is regarded as the most remote permanent settlement on Earth, located over 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) from the nearest human settlement.
awBg9 TIL Science shows that the Egg came first, not the Chicken. 1. The first egg was laid by a bird that was not a chicken. 2. The first amniotic (hard-shelled) egg laid on land was around 312 million years ago. Chickens are domesticated descendants of red junglefowl from at most 8000 years ago.
vNJL TIL that liquid oxygen, once absorbed into organic materials like wood, can cause them to detonate when struck with mechanical force.