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TIL that the FBI supported a radical right-wing organization called the Secret Army Organization that violently attacked anti-war protesters and other left-wing groups

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nWkJP TIL that Signs was the first major Hollywood film to be shot after 9/11 having been filmed a few days after
pY8E8 TIL that James Cameron's Titanic film (1997) has an officially-licensed board game that's based on the movie...and it was released in 2020.
awjVZ TIL that gif is pronounced as "jif" and not as gif as confirmed by the creator of the gif
VMJPG TIL the Pacific NW is responsible for the majority of hop production in the U.S. with 99% of all production occuring in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. In 2017 Washington State alone produced 75.4% of the total hops in the country, the majority of which was grown in the Yakima Valley region.
lolAG TIL on the Faroe Islands, The male Y chromosomes of the population are of 87% Scandinavian descent, while the female X chromosomes are of 84% Scottish/Irish descent.