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TIL In 2014, highly trained snipers nearly knocked out power to Silicon Valley and were never caught.

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neWKW TIL Jack Nicholson thought he was raised by a mother and a sister, but in reality they were his grandma and mother.
8aMv8 TIL that in 2006 a secret speech by the Hungarian Prime Minister was leaked in which he admitted that they lied all the time during their term and didn't do anything useful. It provoked nationwide protests including a siege of the Hungarian Television building.
YRoZ TIL that almost all all the commercially raised turkeys in the U.S. are the product of artificial insemination. Selective breeding has left male turkeys with such large breasts that they are unable to have sex.
16WKX TIL that sloths only poop once a week and when they do, it can weigh up to a third of their body weight.
kxjB TIL Roald Dahl was a decorated WWII pilot, a post-war MI6 agent in the US, co-inventor of an implantable valve to relieve pressure in sufferers of hydrocephalus, and married a movie star.