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TIL that there is seaweed that tastes just like bacon and is twice as healthy as kale

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wG18 TIL that in 1971 a small group calling themselves the Citizens’ Commission to Investigate the FBI broke into a FBI office in Philly, stole over 1000 documents, exposed the extreme surveillance program COINTELPRO, and then sent these documents to the press, leading to the FBI shutting it down.
JY8k8 TIL if you are 6' tall and looking out over the ocean at sea level the horizon is roughly 3 miles away
KOgRa TIL the 'ye' in 'ye olde' is pronounced 'the'. In old English, they had a letter for the 'th' sound, þ, which in handwriting looked a lot like the letter 'y' and were often used interchangeably.
R7dx1 TIL state laws for online gambling are not based on residence, but rather location, so many people cross state lines in their car, place a bet via their phones, and drive back home, and it is all completely legal
6MZJ TIL Colonel SANDERs got fired from a dozen jobs; was a lawyer who once assaulted his own client in court; started a restaurant that when went out of business and found himself broke at the age of 65; That’s when he started KFC