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TIL the “liquid bomb” terror attack, the one that caused the TSA to restrict the size of your shampoo and buy water inside the security gates, was thrown out of court and the ringleader totally acquitted. There was ZERO actual threat.

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r7PW TIL the fat and round “Laughing Buddha” isn’t a depiction of Gauthama Buddha at all, but of a Chinese deity called “Budai”
0ojL TIL about the once powerful Kingdom of Khwarezmia which, after angering Genghis Khan by killing his Mongol diplomats, was invaded and destroyed so thoroughly that historians still struggle to recreate their language.
NEvQ TIL Nova Scotia’s provincial flag was first confirmed in 2013, 155 years after its creation. This occurred after an 11 year girl old working on a project realized that politicians had never officially recognized the flag.
Y6X7 TIL that John Oliver, from the Daily Show, met his wife at the 2008 Republican National Convention. He was doing a piece for the show, and she was working for “Veterans For Freedom.” She helped to hide him, the other correspondents, and the camera crew from security.
LkD0d TIL the Deep Note, also known as the "THX Note", was designed and synthesized in 1983 by James A. Moorer after 2 years of development using a 19" rack full of digital hardware. It is perceived as much louder than it is due to the large number of overlapping voices - the original version has 30.