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TIL Columbus never set foot in North America; he only explored the Caribbean and parts of Central and South America.

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oRZgK TIL - That the US has 34 metric tons of plutonium bomb cores left over from the Cold War that are being kept at the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas.
mxwNM TIL in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Cap's list of things to learn about varies based on the regional release. In Australia, it includes Steve Irwin, in South Korea, it has Dance Dance Revolution, etc.
N76p1 TIL the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang , a leftist breakaway of the main Kuomintang, is one of eight registered minor political parties in the People's Republic of China and is seen as second in status to the Communist Party of China.
wx0o TIL that after one of Stalin’s speeches the audience clapped for 11 minutes straight because nobody wanted to be the first to stop. The man that stopped first and ended the applause was later executed.
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