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TIL that police playing paintball further delayed the transition of a mental institution into a civil war museum in West Virginia.

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woKJP TIL about the 2008 Andersen Air Force Base B-2 accident, the most expensive plane crash in history ($1.4 billion)
96PB TIL that people back before the 1800’s used to sleep twice during the night.
w5wE TIL In the United States it is legal for an average citizen to wear body armor unless you were convicted of a violent felony.
9YkLp TIL that cows are more deadly than sharks, being responsible for an average of 22 deaths per year, whereas sharks average around 5. Around 75% of the attacks were deliberate, and it’s is even estimated that around 5 of the 22 deaths caused by cows per year are carried by a group of these bovine.
9wQ8Q TIL: In Operation Paul Bunyan, the United States sent 813 infantry, 27 helicopters, 1 armor to cut down a tree after 2 US soldiers were murdered with hatchets by the North Korean army for attempting to cut said tree.