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TIL in 2012 the FBI uncovered an alQaeda linked plot which included triggering the Yellowstone supervolcano to erupt

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l7vD7 TIL: That scam baiters managed to trick Nigerian scammers into traveling 1400 miles and left them stranded in Darfur in a warzone.
DjeP TIL there was a competition between professional investors, teenagers, and Orlando the Cat to see who could earn the most money in the stock market during 2012. Orlando, with an increase of 10.8%, beat the investors (3.5%) and the teenagers (-3.2%) by throwing his toy mouse to select his stocks.
4kBJJ TIL when the Japanese emperor reclaimed power from the shogunate in 1868, the losing side fled to Hokkaido and declared a republic modeled on the United States
96WM TIL Coca-Cola is worth more than Pepsi, Starbucks, Budweiser, and Red Bull combined.
xVWdD TIL The bird attacks on Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" was based upon an actual event and scientists now know it was because the birds were poisoned.