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TIL that in 2014, Dallas Police engaged in a six-hour standoff with an empty apartment

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MQE0 TIL: Youtube has a charts page which is virtually inaccessible through the front page.
x67O5 TIL Carville, Louisiana, was home to the United States' first and last leper colony in the continental United States, officially called the National Leprosarium. It operated from 1894 to 1999, providing care and treatment for patients with leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease.
b9Yo0 TIL that after World War II, Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie was recruited by the CIA as an anti-communist counter-intelligence offer in France; upon being discovered by French authorities, the CIA helped Barbie escape to Bolivia.
pYRd4 TIL Australian Shepherds aren’t from Australia!
7GZx TIL the brain registers the anticipation of math—but crucially, not math itself as physical pain.