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TIL Susan Rice persuaded Bill Clinton to not take Osama Bin Laden into custody in 1997.

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jYoj TIL an engineer managed to build a fully functional miniature V8 engine entirely out of paper.
kOwe TIL that NASA expects a once in a lifetime space storm caused by a solar flare from the sun in 2013. This could cause world wide devastation and billions of dollars in damage.
ZpMNB TIL that the 4th largest polished diamond in the world is in the King’s Crown and a previous crown was destroyed by Oliver Cromwell
1aj84 TIL that Samoans are 40 times more likely to make it to the NFL than an average Non-Samoan American.
Knkw TIL that according to Navajo culture the weaver of a rug would deliberately put an imperfection, called a “ch’ihónít’i” (“spirit line”), believed to allow the release of the weaver’s spirit from the woven item, and also symbolizes the perfection-in-imperfection