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The Canadian government initiated a coup in Haiti and toppled the countries first democratically elected leader.
 
I learned the some Viet Cong soldiers did not believe black people were real.
"The first time was right after a firefight, and we were shocked to see how blackened the bodies were. We thought they must have been charred by an explosion until we realized their skin was naturally black. None of us had seen a black person before. Some people thought they were myths."
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We should add the bold to random.txt
 
Today I learned that in The Dark Knight, Mr Reese was probably an Easter egg of the Riddler.
 
I knew the FG42 Rifle used by german Paratroopers in WWII has a fire select for single-fire and full-auto.
What I didn't know was that it locks on a closed bolt when selecting single-fire (better accuracy) and on an open bolt when going full auto (better for cooling the gun).
That kind of blows my mind.
 
The Lewis and Clark expedition were provided with hundreds of mercury-based laxative pills called 'Rush's Thunderclappers". Traces of mercury can still be found in middens left by the expedition. Consumption of mercury has been linked to mental instability, and this along with syphilis is probably the reason Meriwether Lewis shot himself in 1809.
 
I relearned the old scripture about "life and death is in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit."
 
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