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TIL 3 suicide bombers prematurely exploded because the bombs were set on daylight savings time.

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9wpym TIL The oil doesn't exist underground in caverns that would otherwise be empty if it wasn't for the oil. Instead of thinking of large empty pockets, think of a wet sponge, where the sponge is rock and it's "wet" with oil.
YpMP TIL Andrew Jackson being on the US $20 is ironic, because he warned the public against using paper money
rRKYx TIL Hugh Hefner tried to make sure his beneficiaries won’t blow through his money after his death. His will states that his children will be cut off “if the trustees reasonably believe that (the beneficiary) routinely or frequently uses or consumes any illegal substance"
wLDoP TIL Toni Morrison helped fund “The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda,” a play by Ishmael Reed that critiques the white-washing in Hamilton
4X8kR TIL that the little slits on the outside of a cat’s ears are called Henry’s Pocket, and no one is quite sure why they’re there.