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TIL a corrupt U.S. immigration official accepted 200 eggrolls in exchange for granting citizenship.

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9wJOp TIL in 1958 the USAF lost a nuclear bomb in the waters off Georgia as the result of a mid-air collision. It has never been found.
wLer7 TIL Berlin is the only capital city in Europe that is a drag on its country's economy
mxWWv TIL that Cats the musical uses carefully crafted yak hair wigs for costumes. In 2016, they cost $2300 each and it took 40 hours or more to make a single wig. The wigs can’t be re-used. Over its 18-year run, the first Broadway production used 3247 pounds of yak hair.
mxEOv TIL cilantro and coriander are from the same plant. Cilantro refers to the leaves and coriander comes from the dried seeds of the plant
wolxJ TIL crinoid fossils (a relative of starfish) were found in the rock of the summit pyramid of Everest in 1924, the first proof the mountaintop is marine limestone formed on the ocean bed.