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TIL a CIA plane crash-landed over Yucatan in Mexico with four tons of cocaine on board. Yes. Four tons.

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jN8gN TIL a single type of MP3 player, the S1 one, was sold under dozens of different brand names, including counterfeits of iPod, Samsung and Sony trademarks, and with various case designs.
KodG TIL Starvation can produce profound mental clarity. In one case a starving WWII POW became conversant in Norwegian in a single week.
0map TIL that Up 95% of All Rebates Offered to Consumers for Purchasing Products Go Unclaimed
NXjde TIL Illinois Tollroads were originally intended to collect tolls until the construction costs were paid off. Roads were contructed in 1953.
Xo5R TIL that the farmers of Hanyuan, China, are forced to pollinate pear trees by hand because all the bees died off.