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TIL that Crossfire on CNN was cancelled shortly after Jon Stewart exposed them when he was invited as a guest.

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kJpv1 TIL that if a wooden shop has been submerged in salt water for a long period of time, once brought to land and dried they can literal crumble into dust.
R71gw TIL an almost 80 year old man fought the British in 1775, survived being stabbed multiple times and went on to live well into his 90s.
wLpJW TIL polar bear hair isnt white, its more likd clear and the light reflections from the sun make it seem white. Also, they have dark black skin instead of the pinkish skin other animals have.
v1XPR TIL after the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 the debris field stretched from Texas through Louisiana, and the search team was so thorough they found nearly 84,000 pieces of the shuttle, as well as a number of murder victims and a few meth labs.
lYbr TIL it’s illegal to melt down U.S. pennies and nickles because their metals are worth more than the coins themselves.