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TIL the US Army admits it secretly dumped 64 million pounds of nerve and mustard gas agent in the sea, along with 400,000 chemical-filled bombs, landmines and rockets, and more than 500 tons of radioactive waste.

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YJW7 TIL that at the 1945 Potsdam Conference, Churchill, Truman & Stalin couldn’t agree on who should enter the door to the meeting room first. After much debate, they settled on an agreeable plan: They entered the room at precisely the same time using 3 separate doors
Y7ZYG TIL Dali gave a presentation at a 1936 art exhibition in a diving bell, and almost suffocated.
BgMVr TIL Medieval Pilgrims Apparently Tried to Ward Off the Plague With Bawdy Badges
wLMN8 TIL that the main sample in Fatboy Slim's 'Gangster Trippin' was used without permission. It took 3 years in court for the original artist to get any royalties back
GAW9N TIL Ticketmaster is the tip of the iceberg. One man owns Live Nation, iHeartRadio, SIRIUSXM, Ticketmaster, and Pandora.