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TIL NASA has a swat team

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P1QGg TIL about Hanno II the Great, a Carthaginian aristocrat from the 3rd century BCE, who twice sabotaged Carthage's war effort against the Romans in the 1st Punic War, and the 2nd Punic War, simply because he wasn't personally gaining anything from either war.
LQYKv TIL that a French woman was not allowed to stay in Canada because she could not prove she spoke the French language. Emilie Dubois received her doctorate from a French-speaking university in Quebec. Permanent residency was denied because one chapter in her thesis was in English.
8gxV TIL Ronda Rousey believes that the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting and the 20 children who were murdered there was a government conspiracy
eeLb TIL lemon extract can contain up to 85% alcohol and can be purchased by anyone of any age in the U.S.
rRkR1 TIL Howard Ashman co-wrote songs for Disney Renaissance films The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin while dying of complications from AIDS. Beauty’s dedication reads: “To our friend Howard, who gave a mermaid her voice and a beast his soul, we will be forever grateful.”