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TIL that the Columbine massacre was actually a failed bombing. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold planted bombs and attempted to blow up the school and kill hundreds of people but they failed and instead did the shooting.

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aNny TIL, that in his lifetime, Abraham Lincoln survived Syphillis, Smallpox, Malaria (at least twice), spousal abuse, frostbite, and depression.
xXQ0 TIL the company that makes counterfeit-proof money for Australia made counterfeit money for Nigeria
lNeA TIL George Lucas gave Mel Brooks his blessing to make Spaceballs on the condition that no action figures be made, as they could be confused with actual Star Wars toys.
Lk7om TIL that in East Germany a used car cost more than the same model cost brand new.