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TIL the general who opened Guantanamo prison now wants it to be closed

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wGL1 TIL that a fire in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 2002 killed 15 school girls. The girls were not allowed to leave the burning building by the state’s religious police because they were not wearing correct Islamic dress.
VykD TIL In the high desert of northwestern Nevada lies the McFurthest spot of the continental United States. The spot furthest away from any McDonalds restaurant, 115 miles as the crow flies.
rRkoW TIL Pluto (the Disney cartoon dog) when it first appeared in 1930 doesn't have a name yet. He was briefly named Rover. Animators believed Walt Disney wanted to capitalize the popularity of the newly named planet discovered that same year, what is why he was later renamed to Pluto.
GK47 TIL In 2008, a 30 second Doritos television advertisement was beamed by radar to a solar system 42 lightyears away.
xVWwB TIL about Garden-Path Sentences such as "The complex houses married and single soldiers and their families." which are grammatically correct but almost always read initially as nonsensical