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TIL During a Geneva summit in 1985 President Ronald Reagan and the Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev agreed to pause the cold war and set differences aside in the case of an Alien Invasion

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l70y1 TIL about Pheasant Island, the smallest condominium in the world which voluntarily changes hands between France and Spain every 6 months
wLnmJ TIL The largest beaver dam on Earth is located in northern Alberta, is visible from space and is over 2,790 feet in length. Experts believe construction began in the 1970s, making it a multi-generational project.
grXp9 TIL about The Manifest Destiny that made people believe they had the right to take others land to expand capitalism and democracy
QJPAa TIL that, in 2006, three people got hold of Coca-Cola secrets, namely important information regarding its ingredients, and tried to sell it to PepsiCo, owner of rival brand Pepsi. Instead of accepting the offer, Pepsi informed Coca-Cola and actually called the FBI.