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TIL that a massive 1km^3 particle detector sits under the South pole.

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pYGvZ TIL large sheets of uncut legal U.S. currency can be purchased from the U.S. Mint in every denomination up to $100 bills.
yVNR8 TIL That Frank Hamer, the Texas Ranger who lead the posse that killed Bonnie and Clyde, was able to keep most of the weapons and ammunition found in the outlaw couple's car as the result of an agreement with the Texas DOC. The arsenal included several automatic weapons and sawed off shotguns.
0wNMR TIL Michael Jackson used to relentlessly prank call Russel Crowe, even though they never met each other in person.
ne0YW TIL That Finland was ranked as the World's Happiest Country in 2019 by CNN
Z8nLo TIL about a Confederate sabotage device called a coal torpedo, which was a bomb designed to look like a lump of coal and meant to cause a steam ship's boiler to explode