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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.

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AkYw TIL that NASA took measures to prevent microorganisms from returning to Earth on/in the Apollo capsules, because they weren’t positive that there wasn’t life on the Moon.
e0E4g TIL that grammar schools got their name because they originally existed to teach Latin language and grammar to prepare for a university education.
a4Qy TIL that reddit has spent a total of $500 on advertising since its creation, all of which went towards stickers
R7mnw TIL Wayne Brady (of Whose Line Is It, Anyway? fame) appeared in a segment on Sesame Street to sing a song about “between”
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