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TIL That there is NO camera phone footage of 9/11. The first US camera phone reached the market in November 2002

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0wRER TIL that in 2004, police discovered a fully equipped movie theatre (with seats, a large movie screen, projection equipment, and a bar) in one of the caverns of the Catacombs of Paris, and the source of this theatre remains unknown.
ADJZw TIL scientists attached stilts to the legs of ants to prove that they return to their nests by counting their steps. The regular ants walked right to the nest and went inside. The ants on stilts walked right past the nest and got lost. This was because of the change in length of the legs.
9nwM TIL On April 6. 1893 Andy Bowen and Jack Burke were involved in the longest boxing fight in history. The fight lasted 111 rounds (3 minute rounds each), it took 7 hours and 19 minutes until referee John Duffy called “no contest” after both men were too dazed and tired to come out of their corners.
4XDVg TIL Ghana is considered ‘Africa for beginners’, while its neighbour Nigeria is ‘Africa for the very experienced’, due to its reputation as one of the world’s most difficult places to travel in. Away from the expat suburbs of Lagos, Westerners are a rare sight
nn6o TIL the United States Government, with the passage of the NDAA fiscal year 2013, overturned a 64 year ban on domestic propaganda usage. This action now allows the U.S. State Department to distribute and broadcast government propaganda to U.S. citizens.