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TIL the cyclopes of ancient mythology may just be misidentified dwarf elephants

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p8wkO TIL that the FBI found the bodies of the 1964 Freedom Summer murders with the help of a hitman who, along with an agent, beat and kidnapped a KKK member. The Klansman had a gun barrel shoved down his throat as the hitman “started cutting his dick off with a razor” until the location was revealed.
Vav8 TIL That Canada is actually considered to be the country with the most Freedom.
0da9y TIL, In 2009, the remains of an unknown Union soldier, believed to be between 17 and 19 years old, were discovered on the Antietam National Battlefield and identified as a New York volunteer, were found in the Cornfield, and were returned to New York for burial with full military honors.
8el7Z TIL Britan was the first country to use Agent Orange during the Malayan Emergency in 1952 which the US viewed as justification to use it in Vietnam
XYLk TIL that the Opportunity rover on Mars was designed to only last 90 days. It has exceeded that by almost 12 years.