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TIL that The Republic of Ireland drew up plans to invade Northern Ireland during the troubles in 1970

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OGloL TIL Victor Hayes role in establishing and chairing the IEEE 802.11 Standards Working Group for Wireless Local Area Networks from its inception in 1990 to 2000 has led to him being nicknamed as the "Father of Wi-Fi".
epn74 TIL in 2006, a mother and son were convicted of trying to extort money from Cracker Barrel by claiming they found a dead mouse in her soup. Charges were filed after a necropsy showed the mouse had no soup in its lungs and had not been cooked, signs that it was dropped into the soup after its death.
Ao6o TIL The Chinese government “encouraged” the country’s tallest female basketball player to marry the country’s tallest man. Their child was Yao Ming.
GQbE TIL There’s a plant in Australia that can kill you if you touch it!
4X8mw TIL police have been called to investigate multiple skeletons discovered hidden in Odd Fellows lodges which were used in the secret society’s initiation rituals.