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TIL About the bulwar lytton bad fiction contest, a contest for cursed comments

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j6naN TIL due to the harshness of the communist Chinese government crackdown following the Tiananmen Square massacre, photos of the famous Tank Man needed to be protected from the authorities, such as by smuggling a roll of film out of the country in a box of tea, and hiding one roll in a toilet tank.
OG4p6 TIL that following bad losses in the 1946 Midterm elections Senator Fulbright suggested that Truman appoint a Republican VP and then resign. This way, Dems would have policies to run against in the 1948 General election. Truman responded that he did not care what "Senator Halfbright" suggested.
7rg9M TIL that within a month of opening her pediatric clinic, Dr. Kathleen Holland experienced six cases of children stopping breathing during their visit, one of whom died. One of her nurses had been administering dangerous injections to them, and was in fact a serial killer, unbeknownst to Dr. Holland.
OoDJ1 TIL Bonobos form all-female coalitions to target violent males as a counterstrategy against harassment.
PYeyE TIL that, under Genghis Khan, the Mongol Empire was a Meritocracy (government by people promoted on a basis of Merit rather than Nepotism)