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TIL that only 6 U.S presidents had made a conscientious decision to not run for a second term.

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7r4yX TIL Beaufort's Dyke is a deep sea trench off the coast of Northern Ireland that the British have used to dump thousands of tonnes of munitions and nuclear waste. There are explosions happening down there that register on seismographs.
n5mr TIL that in 2001, a Philadelphia Police Officer died in a suspicious scuba diving accident the day after he testified against another officer at a disciplinary hearing
Y7ZQA TIL BMW Paired up with Hans Zimmer to design an artificial sound for their electric cars acceleration.
rRgpo TIL earthworms we know today are not native to the US but were brought over by Europeans.
EJkp TIL that, during 2009-2011, citizens of Iceland peacefully overthrew their government and drafted a new Constitution