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TIL, from 461 to 468, the Pope Was Hilarius.

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9wMZ7 TIL the Turkish Airlines give a special 50% discount to family members of martyrs
A14B TIL In the event of a quarantine situation in New York City, The U.S. Government has a contingency plan of placing snipers in strategic locations to prevent people from escaping the Island of Manhatten on inflatable mattresses.
lg4K TIL of the 1986 Lake Nyos disaster which belched out trapped Carbon Dioxide from its bottom in effervescence suffocating every living animal within a 16 mile radius incl. 1700 villagers and 3500 livestock. The blue lake turned deep red from oxidization and water levels dropped by a meter.
vn54 TIL In 2012, investigators discovered Wal-Mart de Mexico had bribed various government officials in order to increase growth in the country. They found a paper trail of hundreds of suspect payments totaling more than $24 million. Wal-Mart executives in the US tried to bury the matter.
xZvB TIL of Luke Helder, who planted pipe bombs in mailboxes across several US states with the intention of drawing a smiley face across the map. He was caught before it could be finished.