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TIL that a release of radioactive material in a nuclear waste repository in New Mexico in 2014 was caused by someone substituting inorganic with organic kitty litter.

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0dbAR TIL in 1997 a crew of 6 robbed $18.9m in cash from the Dunbar Armored facility in LA; one of them had cased it while working there. They left almost no evidence & concealed their wealth for 2 yrs until one of them paid a broker with bills still in the original currency straps, which got them caught.
W7yBX TIL that the Amy Winehouse song ‘Me & Mr. Jones’ was written about her relationship with Nasir Jones, who is best known as the influential rapper Nas.
9YgLm TIL Abraham Lincoln's assassination helped to popularize travel by train due to the amount of press and exposure Lincoln's funeral train received. Up until then, most Americans had never seen a passenger train.
9Bl7 TIL the former ruler of Dubai said “My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel.”
4XMob TIL that the most effective sniper in WWI was a Canadian First Nations soldier named Francis Pegahmagabow who killed 378 Germans soldiers and captured 300 more.