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TIL that future British Prime Minister Anthony Eden carried a letter bomb in his suitcase for a whole day, thinking it was a Whitehall pamphlet that he would read later in the day. He only realized it was a bomb after being warned by the police, who were informed by MI5.

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oA7A TIL of the Catatumbo lightning storm of Venezuela.At least 300 days of the year a vast raging storm forms at the mouth of the Catatumbo River. It’s lightning, unequaled in strength, can be seen from 250 miles away and was used as a navigational beacon by colonial sailors.
apBL TIL American forces leveled much of the ancient city of Babylon during the Iraq war in order to build helipads and heavy vehicle parking lots.
BYvK TIL that when male lions are neutered they don’t grow a mane or lose the mane.
9YWW7 TIL in Texas, there hasn't been a single day without a deadly car accident since November 7th, 2000.
Nok6 TIL that the first recorded utterance attributable to a native of Scotland was made when a Roman lady criticized the sexual morals of Caledonian women, and a Caledonian woman replied: “We consort openly with the best of men while you allow yourselves to be debauched in private by the worst”