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TIL the FBI has the second largest known stash of bitcoins, a whopping 174,000 BTC from the Silk Road seizure.

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wLXWM TIL a man worked at the restaurant at the top of WTC. After 9/11, they never saw him again and presumed he died in the towers. In 2003, the government removed his name from the 9/11 memorial — he might have used the tragedy to start a new life without telling his family.
ZL14 TIL that the Titanic captain Edward Smith had crashed another ship just seven months before the Titanic sunk
Wg5Y TIL a Russian nuclear submarine had its electricity cut by the electricity company at a naval base due to unpaid bills. The submarine’s cooling system stopped working and the reactor came close to meltdown
kv6E TIL some cities in Canada used repositionable graphics resembling potholes to deter people from speeding
P1WRZ TIL that there have been 0 left handed throwing infielders (excluding first basemen) in Major League Baseball since 1997