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TIL MI6 replaced bomb making instructions with cupcake recipes on al-Qaeda websites

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ANX8a TIL in 2018, engineers with the New Jersey Department of Transportation had to reverse-engineer a steel bridge for a rehabilitation project, because the files with the original plans were destroyed in the collapse of the World Trade Center on 9/11.
5V7wn TIL that the $1.50 hot dog combo from Costco is NOT a loss leader. Costco was able to lower costs by manufacturing its own hot dogs and cutting condiment options. The CEO claims that Costco does not engage in loss leaders.
D1RKv TIL Australia has 10,685 beaches. If you visited one beach per day, it would take you more than 32 years to see them all.
DkEe TIL that scientists successfully connected a paralyzed patient’s brain to a tablet who was able to type and surf the Internet
bnBa TIL that around Christmas time in 1959, a man killed his wife with a hammer, beat his daughter, and then drank acid. The house has been uninhabited since although the Christmas tree still stands and wrapped presents still sit on a table.