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TIL that Girl Scouts originally made the cookies they sold in their own kitchens, and that the recipe for those cookies is posted on the official Girl Scout website.

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VMr0 TIL - if you have an Irish born Grandparent you can attend University in Scotland for free due to European Union rules.
x670B TIL that Violet Jessop, a courageous ship's nurse from the 20th century, miraculously survived three disastrous shipwrecks: the Olympic in 1911, the Titanic in 1912, and the Britannic in 1916.
k7Ge TIL that Sapphires and Rubies are the same stone in different colors.
JmGv TIL that The Day After, a 1983 made- for- TV movie about nuclear war and it’s horrific effects, was watched by about 100 million people when it aired. President Reagan was left deeply depressed after viewing it, the film is now seen as having pushed him to start advocating nuclear disarmament
XOpP TIL that the title for the Longest Recorded Sniper kill shot at 2,815 m is held by an Australian Special Forces Sniper in Afghanistan. Unlike the others in the top 10, the Australian was remained unnamed as he was fighting with a secret identity.