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TIL the preferred ringtone for al-Qaeda influenced militants in Mali is laughing baby because it is not music and also is family-friendly

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dDlW9 TIL: There is a condition called “Polished Anus Syndrome” or ‘Pruritis Ani’. Which is Latin for “itchy anus”, and this condition affects 5% of the population.
R550l TIL: An estimated 10% of all adult male robin deaths and 3% of female deaths are caused by other robins attacking them
9YGW7 TIL that John Carpenter is a fan of video games like Fallout, Borderlands, Horizon: Zero Dawn and Assassin's Creed
rm4o TIL That NASA is not the only space program in the United States. NASA is the civilian space program. The other is the Missile and Space Intelligence Center (MSIC), highly classified with barely any information found on its technology or its explorations.
QR69 TIL that on October 19, 1864 Confederate soldiers slipped across the border from Canada and looted and robbed their way through Vermont during the American Civil War. They stole $208,000 or around $3 million in 2014 money