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TIL that NYC has the highest concentration of nesting peregrine falcons in the world

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7J4b TIL that in winter 2010,terrorists tried to wander in Moscow wearing suicide belts with cellphones wired to their belts. When someone texts, the bomb detonates. An hour before the attack was supposed to be carried, one of the bombers received an automated text thus killing her and failing the plan.
4kEE5 TIL Sobekneferu is the earliest confirmed female Egyptian pharaoh, ca. 1800-1700 BC
R5WR6 TIL the largest landowner in the world is King Charles, who owns 6.6billion acres (roughly 1/6 of the entire world land area), which is more then the next 24 largest landowners combined.
nnBW TIL that the SR-71 Blackbird was never hit by the over 4,000 missiles fired at it during its 25-year service. The SOP was to accelerate to faster than the missile could catch up with it.
yZ7w TIL that largest donation that Yale University has received in it’s 312 year history is $250 million. It was given by the former Franklin Resources Inc chairman, Charles B. Johnson. Johnson, 80, is an alumnus (1954 graduate) of the University