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TIL the Vietnam War is known in Vietnam as the American War

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9YO8m TIL viruses are considered by some to be a life form, although they lack key characteristics that are generally considered necessary to count as life. Because they possess some but not all such qualities, viruses have been described as "organisms at the edge of life."
e0gjE TIL Michael J. Fox’s actual middle name is Andrew
yV8va TIL during its long history, Jerusalem has been destroyed twice, besieged 23 times, attacked 52 times, and captured and recaptured 44 times.
OGxja TIL that the British Royal Family are the largest landowners in the world. Followed by the Catholic Church and the Inuit People of Nunavut
PYkOV TIL the first fireman death reported during the 9/11 attacks was directly caused by someone jumping off the building and landing on him(the fireman)