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TIL that the rescue and relief efforts for the Oklahoma City Bombing had to be evacuated after police found a supposedly live 3-foot long TOW missile believed to be a second bomb. It was discovered to be inert but marked live for a planned law enforcement sting

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E1yop TIL The Largest Prison Strike In The History Of The U.S. (24,000 Prisoners) Was In 2016 Over Prison Slavery, Poor Wages and living conditions. The Strike Received Very Little Mainstream Media Coverage
GAlBE TIL bees are color-blind to red light, so red and black are no different in the eyes of bees, and that they can only recognize four colors of yellow, cyan, blue, and purple.
1rZr TIL Ivan the Terrible was so impressed with the construction of St. Basil’s Cathedral that he had the architect blinded so that he could never design anything as beautiful again.
MgbV TIL That Irena Sendler was a remarkable woman who defied the Nazis and saved 2,500 Jewish children by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto. The Nazis eventually discovered her activities, tortured her brutally, and sentenced her to death, but she managed to evade execution and survive the war.
85kK TIL the city of Sao Paolo passed a “Clean City Law” a decade ago banning outdoor advertisements. Over 300,000 ostentatious business signs, billboards, posters, bus and taxi ads were taken down. Removing ads revealed civic issues, including hidden slums previously masked by adverts.