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TIL that in April 2003 the 82nd Airborne Division fired into a crowd of Iraqi civilians who were protesting their presence at a school within the city of Fallujah, killing 17 unarmed Iraqis.

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Wp79 TIL that the worst thing about Verkhoyansk, Russia isn’t the winter temps that rival the average surface of Mars, but the 400-strong “wolf superpack” raids.
ANkLd TIL Pablo Picasso was influenced by the Japanese artist Hokusai's erotic woodblock print "The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife." Picasso drew his own private version in 1903, titled Dona i Pop.
e0EwE TIL microwave ovens do not cook food from the "inside out." When thick foods are cooked, the outer layers are heated and cooked primarily by microwaves while the inside is cooked mainly by the conduction of heat from the hot outer layers.
W4XL TIL there was an all girl band that would throw a ‘Golden Condom’ to the audience, and whoever got it, male or female, was taken backstage to have sex with band members.
vgp8 TIL A North Carolina man owns the only known recording of Super Bowl I, as CBS and NBC didn’t save it. The NFL countered his $1 million offer for the taping with $30,000, then later refused to buy it at all, yet warned him he’ll face legal action if he sells it to anyone else.