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TIL Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was the first person to announce the death of Osama bin laden via Twitter.

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AD0Q4 TIL that in 1985, Aretha Franklin’s voice was legally declared one of Michigan’s natural resources.
lLrK TIL building a time machine is believed to be scientifically possible but requires building a gigantic particle accelerator in space, stabilizing space-time foam, plucking out a wormhole, enlarging it and connecting it a gravitational field.
GNA7 TIL that a Nuclear Sub was decommissioned after an employee set it on fire to get out of going to work..cost $700 million dollars.
wLD88 Today I learned that you can press the button on smoke alarms to temporarily hush them. Good for when they go off while cooking
VM7d8 TIL that Waterloo, New York is considered the birthplace of the American holiday Memorial Day. It was first celebrated on May 5, 1866 with local business closing and residents decorating the graves of soldiers.