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TIL the Greek question mark is nearly identical to the semicolon, to the point that its Unicode representation is, in practice, equivalent

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LNaQ TIL the US ambassador to Afghanistan was kidnapped and killed by militants pretending to be police on Valentine’s Day in 1979.
AVmx TIL that in September 1950, the US Navy sprayed San Francisco with “harmless” bacteria to simulate a biological attack. The not-so-harmless bacteria caused a spike in a rare UTI, killing one man. A lawsuit against the government was rejected on the grounds that the government held legal immunity.
woyQ7 TIL that Lincoln—a small city in Northern England—had the tallest building in the world, when the central spire of its cathedral was completed in the year 1311, at 160 metres tall.
68Xw TIL that “Fancy” ketchup refers to its specific gravity
69oEm TIL the Norwegian Lundehund is a breed with 6 toes that is so flexible it can bend its head all the way back touch it's own spine and can splay it's legs 90 degrees to its sides