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TIL The CIA released details of what Osama Bin Laden had in his compound. He owned the Chicken Little movie.

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4Xmng TIL an inventory of the Imperial Palace of Rome, dated to the year 214 AD, lists 17 tons of opium
GYEvJ TIL that even though Jane Goodall has studied chimpanzees for over 60 years, her favorite animals are dogs
N7Ma8 TIL that spiders can fly using Earth's electrical field. Spiders have flown 'two-and-a-half miles up in the air, and 1,000 miles out to sea.'
Z8dlB TIL That in 2003, famous skateboarder Rodney Mullen's right femur and hip began to fuse together. Doctors were wary of treatment, so Mullen used homemade instruments to attack the scar tissue and eventually one night, while twisting himself within the wheelwell of his truck, broke free.
VMGvG TIL of the first English teacher in Japan — Ranald MacDonald. A bank clerk turned sailor, he taught 14 samurai English while he was held as prisoner.