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9kXX TIL that the American government has covertly overthrown many democratically elected leaders around the world.
x6v8B TIL that the stylized Dubai logo is the Arabic text for Dubai superimposed atop the English text
6ZNm TIL: IMAX projectionists wear body armor when handling IMAX lamps; if dropped, they can explode resulting in quartz shrapnel.
XNnk TIL Some breakfast cereals, like Wheaties, are fortified with enough iron that individual flakes can be lifted and carried using common magnets.
5VYKp TIL that the jacket that Jackie Kennedy (John F. Kennedy's wife) wore on the day of JFK's assassination cannot be displayed in public until the year 2103.