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TIL the families of the columbine shooters have paid out millions in settlements to the victims and their families.

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vLDr TIL the man who discovered Pluto had his ashes placed inside the New Horizons space craft that just passed Pluto
8oaK TIL that 30,000 American draft dodgers went to Canada during the Vietnam War, while 30,000 Canadians joined the US military to fight in the Vietnam War
PYMKn TIL that every Canadian citizen in Canada can vote, including convicts and persons diagnosed with mental illness, with one exception - the Chief Electoral Officer.
7eGP TIL there’s $3 Billion dollars worth of platinum at the bottom of the ocean near Cape Cod.
gMB9 TIL on August 25, 1914, in retaliation for Belgium’s guerrilla tactics in defending their country, German troops burned Leuven’s University Library, destroying hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable medieval-period books, manuscripts, and treasures.