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TIL that houseflies buzz in the key of F.

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a8PKL TIL The Vatican Observatory is one of the oldest active astronomical observatories in the world, with its roots going back to 1582 The Jesuit astronomers have contributed to discoveries in many fields from the origins of our solar system to the structure of galaxies.
N77AN TIL the deadliest earthquake of the twentieth century was the 1976 Tangshan quake, killing approx. 250'000 people
RJlQ TIL over 10% of PIN numbers are ‘1234’.
R6n8 TIL a Mossad hit squad once carried out an assassination clad only in briefs. They did this to keep their clothes free of blood. The target was Herberts Cukurs, AKA “The Butcher of Riga”, a Latvian Nazi. In Brazil, he was lured to a house by an undercover Mossad agent, then killed by the hit squad.
Vb6D TIL that Snoop Dogg and Cameron Diaz went to high school together and Snoop was Cameron’s weed dealer