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TIL that Anonymous sent thousands of all-black faxes to the Church of Scientology to deplete all their ink cartridges.

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vP5p7 TIL that during his tenure as Senate majority leader, future US President Lyndon B. Johnson instructed his staff to dilute his scotch and soda to a greater extent than that of his guests. This was done in order to maintain a clear and focused state of mind.
oB1vL TIL Russia and the United States are only 2 miles apart, and during the winter, you can walk between the two nations. There have been proposals to built highways and high-speed rail connecting Asia and North America the Bering Strait.
yVo18 Til that in the USA there are specific rules of how to dispose of a worn-out flag
8a7DX TIL About Thomas Fuller an illiterate enslaved African whose Math Genius shocked Colonists, capable of quickly solving math problems in his head he earned the title of “The Mental Calculator” serving as a figurehead of Africans not being mentally inferior to Whites further abolitionist efforts
n5EG TIL that researchers estimate that the Internet consumes less than 2% of the total energy consumed by humanity (as of 2011)