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TIL a man in California tried to hunt Bin Laden with a Katana and Night vision Goggles

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VM060 TIL The USS Niagara was intentionally sunk in 1820 for preservation, and raised 93 years later for restoration.
R71w8 TIL I learned of the Fermi paradox, which states that if there was intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, they should have visited us by now
YyZA TIL there is an island which is controlled by both France and Spain for alternating periods of six months
kyD4 TIL It would take a person 59 days straight to count to one million. A man named Jeremy Harper counted to up to it for charity in 2007. He counted for 16 hours a day and raised $10,000 (one penny per number).
m1JlY TIL that the India–Pakistan border is distinctly visible from outer space due to the numerous floodlights installed by India to facilitate its monitoring.