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TIL the Peruvian government sterilized 200,000 Indigenous Americans in the 1990s.

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R57d1 TIL that while postboxes in England, N. Ireland and Wales are engraved with "EIIR" -the royal cipher of Queen Elizabeth II, those in Scotland bear only a Crown; as there was no Elizabeth I of Scotland. The controversial use of "EIIR" on Scottish postboxes lead to the "Pillar Box War" in the 1950s.
9Y7BM TIL that during the hunt for Radovan Karadzic, a member of the US Seals dressed in a gorilla uniform, in the hope that Karadzic's bodyguard would be so dumbfounded at seeing one in Yugoslavia, they'd slow down enabling an attack by US forces.
aw70L TIL Dylan McDermott was 5 years old when his mom died of a gunshot in 1967. Her death was ruled an accident at the time but Dylan was able to get the cold case reopened 40 years later. Through the new investigation they discovered a coverup and that her boyfriend (a known gangster) had murdered her.
M7bmV TIL that Jonah Hill officiated Adam Levine's (Maroon 5) wedding
Kwjw TIL that Kurt Vonnegut was once employed by Sports Illustrated and tasked with writing a story about a racehorse who jumped over a fence to try to run away. He wrote “The horse jumped over the fucking fence” and left the job.