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TIL that Osama bin Laden loved sunflowers and one of al-Qaeda’s training centres was on his sunflower farm in Sudan

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yVKQw TIL Jean-Pierre Blanchard had to complete the first English Channel crossing by air without his pants as he tossed them out to mid-journey to lower the weight.
awRbo TIL In Switzerland, local residents have a say in a person's passport application. In 2017, a vegan activist had her application rejected after residents voted against her 'for being annoying'
Qe9M TIL Bob Ross used to receive up to 200 letters from fans per day. When regular letter-writers fell out of touch, he would phone them, just to see if they were ok.
7r9eM TIL that there is 1400 tons of unexploded (and rapidly degrading) munitions 1.5 miles off the coast of Kent (UK). If it explodes, it would likely cause a bigger explosion than the one in Beirut.
rRAox TIL Mars Corporation discontinued a candy bar with $50m in sales because the Mars family did not like peanut butter