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TIL the international space station (ISS) took 10 years and 15 countries working together to assemble

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4XMR6 TIL that when William III invaded England in 1688, he departed the Netherlands on November 11 and landed in England 4 days later on November 5. At the time England used a calendar that was 11 days behind most of Europe.
gaDD TIL that the United States Appeals court ruled that competitive cheerleading is not a sport
M7ea0 TIL That the United Fruit Company spent over half a million dollars back in 1950 (almost 6 million in 2022) to convince lawmakers and the American public that the Guatemalan government needed to be overthrown. President Truman eventually authorized the CIA to effect a Guatemalan coup d'état in 1952.
egV5 TIL : A man’s brain tumour caused him to orgasm whenever he looked at safety pins.
awpwJ TIL: “Shoeless” Joe Jackson was illiterate. In restaurants, rather than ask someone to read the menu to him, he would wait until his teammates ordered and then order one of the items that he heard.