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TIL That no branch of the government has ANY power over the Federal Reserve, none of them even have the authority to ENTER the federal reserve building

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N7g6E TIL: George Carlin Recorded a comedy album called "I Kinda Like It When a Lotta People Die" 2 days before 9/11. After 9/11, he decided not to release it. (It was ultimately released December 2016.)
4X116 TIL after conquering China, by 1241 the Mongols were expanding their empire to the west, using Chinese rockets (self-propelled flying bombs) in battles across Eastern Europe. And with them came secret of black powder - the recipe was first written down around 1250 by English scholar Roger Bacon.
BgWye TIL that marble countertops are radioactive and can emit radon gas
P1OMe Today I learned a pole with a orange sock is called a wind sock. It tells you the direction the wind is coming from
YQ6x TIL in 1969 the FBI and Chicago police drugged and assassinated Fred Hampton, a 21 year old Black Panther leader