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TIL the EU abolished Daylight Saving Time, leaving the decisions up to national governments starting in 2021.

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6O7X TIL that NYC has the highest concentration of nesting peregrine falcons in the world
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ja8v TIL that in 2003, two men stole an empty Boeing 727 from the Luanda International Airport and flew it into the sunset. They have never been found.
GYAgj TIL Eastern Michigan Football signed a defensive lineman legally named Lion King
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