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TIL Costa Rica has no army, it abolished it in 1949

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nW7ZP TIL the word tsunami actually means "harbor wave" because the ancient Japanese fishermen did not notice the shock wave passing them while they were out at sea because the wave does not unleash its destructive energy until it reaches shallow waters.
9BoD TIL of John O'neil an FBI agent that tried warning the government of Bin Laden and was forced out of the bureau. He went on to work security the the World Trade Center
a8rnZ TIL For “no direction Home”. The iconic “Judas” moment And the onstage colour footage of “like a rolling stone”in Dylan’s 1966 Manchester concert, originally recorded by D. A. Pennebaker, was found in 2004 in a pile of water-damaged film recovered from Dylan’s vault.
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