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TIL a counter-terrorism expert in the FBI continuously warned of an impending Al-Qaeda terrorist attack 5-6 years prior to 9/11. He was pushed out of the FBI in 2001 and took a job as security head in August..at the WTC where he died when the towers fell.

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7pr TIL that a platypus hunts via electricity and has 80 different kinds of venomous toxins.
N7YM6 TIL the FAA has a lavatory ashtray as required equipment for all commercial jets
dDKLQ TIL In 1944, the USS Buckley engaged U-Boat U-66 in the Atlantic. The ship rammed the submarine and got stuck, and their respective crews engaged in hand to hand combat, using shell casings and coffee mugs as weapons.
PYeAJ TIL John DeLorean was arrested by the FBI for conspiring to smuggle $24M worth of cocaine into the US while the DeLorean Motor Co was failing to raise money to survive. Claiming he was coerced into participation in the deal by FBI agents who approached him as legitimate investors, he was acquitted
x0JB TIL the company behind ITT Tech was once one of the biggest conglomerates on Earth. They grossed $8 Billion in 1970, were heavily involved in the Brazilian and Chilean coupes, and were recently fined $100 Million for violations of the Arms Export Control Act.