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TIL the FBI maintains a list of the books American citizens check out from public libraries

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69PZW TIL that four years after the RMS Titanic sunk, its sister ship, the RMS Britannic, also sunk after striking a German mine. Then, in 1918, the RMS Carpathia - known as the the ship that rescued the Titanic’s survivors, also sunk after being torpedoed by a German submarine.
5Y0wP TIL about the ancient Hambach Forest of which only 10 % remains. The remaining part is planned to be cleared to make way for the surface coal mine operation in the area. There have been ongoing protests and occupations in the forest to prevent this since 2012
7jDX TIL about the Fokkens twins, Amsterdam’s 70 year old prostitute sisters who decided to retire after over 50 years of “service” and 355,000 men between them.
VMBG0 TIL that apollo 11 took 3 days to get to the moon, yet whilst travelling at 7 miles per SECOND.
R7ow TIL there’s a dog running for president.