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TIL that in North Carolina, it is illegal to disclose the chemicals used in fracking

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Bg1KL TIL Tyre, Lebanon (the fourth largest city in Lebanon) is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, which has been around for over 4,000 years
9eo7 TIL in 2004 Richard Dean Anderson was made an Honorary Air Force Brigadier General for positive portrayal of the Air Force on Stargate: SG-1
X61P TIL a professor of molecular biology successfully put the silk making gene of a spider into a goat. When milked, the goat produces spider silk.
pYDjG TIL that the band A-ha helped start Norway’s electric car revolution
dDjbd TIL the Great New Orleans Fire of 1788 was even more destructive because the fire started on Good Friday, priests refused to allow church bells to be rung as a fire alarm. The fire destroyed virtually all major buildings in the city, including the church, municipal building and army barracks.