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TIL that during the Falklands war, the British Navy mistook whales for submarines and torpedoed them

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4X0O5 TIL that up until 2013, a woman living in Paris, France could, in theory, be arrested for wearing pants (trousers) without authorization! This was the result of a forgotten local ordinance from 1800, which was abrogated on the spot for violation of gender equality.
JMb1 TIL Rifaat al-Assad, uncle of current embattled Syrian president, flaunted to Thomas Freidman that he killed 38,000 people in the 1982 Hama Massacre. He currently lives in the UK, and since there was no War Crimes Tribunal three decades ago, and the Statute of Limitations, he cannot be prosecuted.
9XVm TIL The US Department of Defense paid $53 million to pro sports for military tributes between 2012 and 2015.
R55R1 TIL that the Mona Lisa is not painted on a canvas, but on a wooden panel
4kpo TIL of a mysterious radio station in the US, nicknamed, ‘Yosemite Sam’ that only broadcasts Databurst and Yosemite Sam’s voice. No one knows it’s purpose.