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TIL that the Six Chinese survivors of the Titanic disaster were expelled from the United States within 24 hours of their arrival, due to the Chinese Exclusion Act which was in force between 1882 and 1943

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9wk6X TIL that in 2010, A crocodile stashed in a duffel bag got loose on an airplane, frightened passengers and led to a crash that killed 20 people on board
olP7 TIL: Later in his life, Voltaire developed the habit of living near borders so he could more easily escape the authorities if his writings angered them
M7yPK TIL the longest recorded sniper kill was made last year by Ukrainian, Vyacheslav Kovalsky, taking out a Russian soldier from 2.36 miles away using a custom rifle called "Lord of the Horizon." This feat breaks the previous record held by a Canadian sniper at 2.2 miles in Iraq.
LnDZ TIL in 1996 the IRA planted a bomb in Manchester City centre and told the authorities they had an hour to evacuate the area. The police successfully managed to evacuate 75,000 people in what has been called the most ‘extraordinary policing operations’ in UK history. There wasn’t a single fatality.
PYM1J TIL humans live closer to the time of the T-Rex than the T.rex lived to the time of Stegosaurus