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TIL that the US Congress never officially voted on Ohio’s statehood until 1953 due to an oversight—despite the state celebrating its founding in 1803

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nemaG TIL during the Vietnam War, the U.S. carried out Operation Popeye, a "cloud-seeding" mission to stimulate clouds in Vietnam to increase rainfall and lengthen the monsoon season. After the operation was declassified in 1974, the United Nations banned the weaponization of weather.
grmyW TIL that the hard disk of the infamous terrorist Osama Bin Laden contained many video games including Half Life, Dragonball Z, Nintendo emulator games, and animated movies including Cars and Ice Age
LON9 TIL Warren Buffett, the 3rd richest man in the world, still lives in the $31,500 house he bought in 1957.
eDA5 TIL in 1974, an American television news reporter, commited suicide live on TV. She had written a script which included not only the shooting, but also a third person account to be read by whoever took over the broadcast after she had shot herself.
W7ynd TIL "Heizölrückstoßabdämpfung" is the longest german word without any repeating letters. 24 in total.