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TIL that the 15 largest ships in the world contribute as much pollution to the environment as all of the cars in the world combined

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1Ek7 TIL in 2002 a 15-year-old boy tried to replicate the attacks on 9/11 by crashing a plane into an office building
rN5v1 TIL Medieval Benin City was described as "wealthy and industrious" and was said to have walls 4x the size of The Great Walls of China
kJ4Md TIL Manuel Noriega, the former military leader of Panama sued Activision-Blizzard in 2014 because they used his likeness in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 without his consent.
AN0va TIL: Charles Schultz never liked the name Peanuts for his comic strip
Zpa6D TIL that the majority of US sushi restaurants are supplied by a company started by the Moonies, a Korean cult. It is the same cult that caused the death of Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe.