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TIL over 90% of Afghans have never heard of 9/11

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RZQ6 TIL in 1915 a group of 112 Belgian prisoners asked the German commandant permission to organize a bike race. Under strict rules and heavy oversight, the racers escaped from Belgium simply by continuing after they crossed the finish line.
R8g9 TIL that if we took all the bubble wrap on Earth to Mars and popped it, there would be enough air released into the atmosphere to allow a city of 1 million people to live for 37 seconds.
neWlo TIL the game Resistance: Fall of Man faced controversy from the Church of England due to it featuring the Manchester Cathedral as a battleground
6EAKJ TIL the Statue of Liberty was originally a dull copper color, but after 20 years it oxidized and was covered in green petina. Congress wanted to paint away the corrosion, but the Army Corps of Engineers concluded it "softened the outlines of the Statue and made it beautiful."
daR9 TIL Snoop Lion’s son is one of the top high school American football prospects in the country.