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TIL India was attacked on 7/11. Bombs were set off on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai, 209 people were killed and over 700 were injured.

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p8ogQ TIL the curiously named US Navy ship, USS Bonhomme Richard, is actually a playful pseudonym for Ben Franklin. It was based on Franklin’s pen-name for his “Poor Richard’s Almanac”, and French for “good man”, due to his affinity for France.
kORbE TIL about "baseball rubbing mud". Invented by a third base coach for the Athletics and now in widespread and required use by the MLB it is harvested by a single man in denim cutoffs and disintegrating sneakers. It's source, a closely guarded secret, is located "somewhere" in the Delaware River.
X06ZR TIL of the Wicked Bible (circa 1631) - called such because of a typo omitting the word "not" from the commandment "thou shall NOT commit adultery." Also, in Deuteronomy 5:24, “God’s greatness” is typoed with “God’s great arse.”
R0A6 TIL there is a species of deer in Germany who won’t cross the border where the Iron Curtain once stood, even though that border has been gone physically for 20 years.
Jv4V TIL of the Fermi paradox, a concept that states that the apparent lack of life in the universe is proof that intelligent life always destroys itself before it can expand into space