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TIL the last thing John Lennon said to Paul McCartney was “Think about me every now and then, old friend.”

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vnAL (TIL) Liechtenstein a nation smaller than the size of Washington D.C. has been accidentally invaded three times in the past thirty years by their neighbor Switzerland.
AN0K4 TIL that in 2007, during the downturn of the California housing market, southern California seen a 276% rise in West Nile virus cases due to foreclosed home's abandoned swimming pools that turned into mosquito breeding grounds.
m1NJY TIL that French General Philippe Petain in 1916 was called from a hotel room where he was spending the night with a Miss Hardon, to take charge of the Battle of Verdun.
rddo TIL that during WWII storks migrating from Holland to South Africa were found with messages taped to their legs that read, “Help us! The Nazis are killing us all!”
yxww TIL the US government has concluded 51% of Americans make under $30,000, annually