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TIL The TSA does not perform background checks on employees

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OlV6 TIL that the lease of the Guinness brewery lasts until the year 10759
NXr7b TIL the length of a day on Mars has been known to the nearest 3 minutes since 1666. But the exact length of a day on Saturn remained a mystery until 2019.
PQYn TIL In the year 2000, Japanese citizens voted that instant noodles are the best national invention of the 20th century.
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QlZE TIL: “An Airedale named ‘Jack’ ran through half a mile of enemy fire, with a message attached within his collar. He arrived at headquarters with his jaw broken and one leg badly splintered, and right after he delivered the message, he dropped dead in front of its recipient.”