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TIL Anonymous has become an child pornography task force, removing 40+ child porn websites in 2011 alone

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v14eB TIL that bird populations in the US and Canada dropped by approximately 3 billion, which is around 29%, since 1970
pYGgQ TIL that Robert Oppenheimer's Interim Committee advised the American government not to warn Hiroshima's civilians of the impending atomic bomb. He was nervous that the bomb may not detonate properly, and also felt that a lack of warning would create a greater panic among Japanese leadership.
6Ennl TIL According to the ASCI score, Chick-fil-A has been the No. 1 ranked fast food restaurant in customer satisfaction for six straight years. McDonald’s has been at the bottom of the rankings.
wL4xP TIL while many depictions of a heart attack include collapsing or loss of consciousness, these actually aren't common symptoms of it in real life. This causes frequent misunderstanding of the issue and improper care for heart attack sufferers.
VLeD TIL that if you took all the gold in the world and made it into a cube, it would only measure 20.5m on a side