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TIL: Former French President Jacques Chirac once said Iraq War would create, “A large number of little Bin Ladens.”

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XEDxD TIL During the 2011 earthquake in Japan, all 184 students of Kamaishi City's Primary School survived the earthquake and the ensuing tsunami without any adult help and supervision
d85y7 TIL of a Welsh village Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch named as a publicity stunt in 1869 to give the railway station the longest name in Britain. It means: St Marys Church in the Hollow of the White Hazel Near to the Rapid Whirlpool of Llantysilio of the Red Cave.
jNxoX TIL that before Joe Montana led a 92 yard game-winning drive in the Super Bowl, he was so calm in the huddle that he noticed John Candy in the stands.
LQodZ TIL the ship USS Samuel B Robert's is the deepest shipwreck ever found and photographed at four and one half miles deep in the Philippine sea.
LQD4r TIL the official who oversaw the construction of the Bastille, Hugues Aubriot, was also one of the first people to be imprisoned within it. He was accused of heresy after arresting people who had harassed the city's Jewish population