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TIL that making memes in Australia is illegal.

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MegNa TIL that Six Flags New Orleans never recovered from the damage of Hurricane Katrina in 2006. Today, it sits abandoned for its 13th year.
0nPj TIL Elon Musk originally came to America by showing up unannounced at a relatives house in Canada. He had to work odd jobs until he could afford to go to college, including cleaning boilers so filthy that he required a hazmat suit.
WpYY TIL In 1994 a Fedex Jet Suffered Hijacking Attempt by a Disgruntled Employee Armed With Multiple Melee Weapons, The Captain Flew Upside-Down To Prevent Takeover
VMvr4 TIL In 1902, The 70th Miracle At Our Lady Of Lourdes In France Converted Nobel Prize-Winning Doctor, Dr. Carrell To Faith When Marie Bailly, Suffering From Acute Tuberculous Peritonitis Was Miraculously Healed With ‘Holy Water’ & Officially Declared Supernatural.
woAQW TIL that, in 1947, there was a proposal to create an independent united Bengali state instead of partitioning Bengal between India and Pakistan. It was not accepted, though it did have some support. (In 1971, east Bengal, also known as East Pakistan, acquired its independence as Bangladesh.)