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TIL During the Cold War, US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles asked Indian Prime Minister Nehru “Are you with us or against us?”, Nehru replied “Yes”.

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Orye TIL in the ancient Olympics, false-starters were whipped
nWyBP TIL a worse-than-expected storm wreaked havoc on the 303 yachts in the 1979 Fastnet Race. There were 194 retirements, 75 capsized boats, 24 boats abandoned (5 of which believed to be sunk), and the deaths of 15 sailors. Of the 303 yachts that started the race, only 86 finished.
VMepZ TIL about the great California flood of 1861/62 when it rained continuously for 43 days, which was caused due to a phenomenon called Atmospheric rivers, creating a 300 mile long temporary sea. Sacramento was covered in 10 feet of debris filled water, and even telegraph poles were under water.
vOXD TIL The N64’s venerable Goldeneye contains a fully working (though inaccessible) ZX Spectrum emulator complete with 10 games.
BroZK TIL That the Pulitzer Prize winning 1619 project is full of historical inaccuracies that were pointed out by nationally recognized historians and ignored