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TIL the Walton family of Walmart own more wealth than the combined bottom 40 percent of America

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p854O TIL about YomHaShoah, an Israeli national day of remembrance for the Holocaust. One of the most notable events of the day is the blaring of air raid sirens throughout the country for two minutes, during which all public activity ceases.
5Yvj9 TIL that when 10 Downing Street was restored in the 1960s, it was found that its iconic black bricks were actually yellow, and had been stained black by two centuries of urban smog
kJwAe TIL about Western Sahara, the last African colony without its independence. After the U.N. pressured Spain to give the colony up in the 1970s they agreed to joint governance with two neighboring countries, only to trigger an uprising by the region's residents. The government is still disputed today.
BrEVD TIL that the Soviet Union sent an unmanned spacecraft to the moon in an attempt to bring back lunar soil. It was in lunar orbit as Armstrong and Aldrin performed their famous spacewalk. It crashed on the lunar surface hours before the Apollo astronauts lifted off for their return to Earth.
4dJN TIL that private browsing is used for an average of 10 minutes at a time