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TIL That two days before 9/11 Parade Magazine ran a blurb about the FBI trying to "smoke out" Osama Bin Laden and "see clearly through the smoke" with matchbook advertisements, just as they had done after the 1993 WTC bombing

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EgVnx TIL Lake Compounce in Bristol, CT is the oldest continuously operating amusement park in North America. It began in 1847 as a picnic park around a lake with public swimming, rowing and waterfront concerts, adding CT's first 10-pin bowling alley with adjoining pool tables the following year.
OGKZY TIL replay reviews for MLB games are done in New York
ADVrn TIL That in 1898 200 white men took over Wilmington NC killing 60 black men and replacing the black councilmen with white men.
dMMZ TIL that, if she still reigns in September 2015, Queen Elizabeth II will be the british monarch who will have ruled the longest.
l7vM5 TIL National Tea Day is a popular event celebrated in many countries around the world, on April 21st.