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TIL that in 2008 the Pittsburgh SWAT won the “aerial shoot” of that year’s International Sniper Competition at Fort Benning, beating out more than 30 teams from across the world, including U.S. Special Forces, Marines and Army snipers.

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EnDw TIL Walt Disney World was originally planned for Saint Louis, until the owner of Anheuser-Busch insulted Walt at a cocktail party
Z8baY TIL about the Mammoth Cheese, a 22,000 lb block of Canadian cheddar which was entered into the Chicago World Fair of 1893. When it was placed on its display it crashed through the wooden floor and was then moved to a reinforced concrete floor. It won a bronze medal at the fair.
PYGJn TIL the man responsible for beheading and cannibalizing another man on a bus in Canada was released in 2015 and currently living free.
LkwD9 TIL of the Parker Solar Probe, launched in 2018, which by 2025 will accelerate to 430,000 mph and travel to (only) 4.3 million miles from the center of the Sun
jNeXp TIL that every home in Switzerland must legally contain a shelter, as part of an aim to accommodate the entire population in the event of nuclear attack.