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TIL WMDs were found in Iraq after all.

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8aBN4 TIL phone numbers on the North American Numbering Plan between 555-0100 and 555-0199 are required to be non-working in all area codes, as they are reserved for fictitious phone numbers in entertainment and advertising, such as for movies and TV Shows.
wo6BM TIL: New Zealand eliminated one- and two-cent coins of the New Zealand dollar in April 1990, and the five-cent coin in October 2006.
rNvd TIL That the 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland were actually good for the environment, as the volcano emitted much less CO2 per day than the planes it grounded.
rRpZe TIL: in 1978, 2,300 students tried to set a WR for the largest tug of war game. Instead, disaster ensued. The 2,000ft long braided nylon rope snapped, recoiling several thousand pounds of stored energy. Nearly 200 students lay wounded, 5 with severed fingertips, hundreds more faced 2nd degree burns.
M77PA TIL Florida attempted to build an artifical reef out of old tires which unintentionally caused a massive ecological disaster