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TIL that Ruhollah Khomeini's only written message to a foreign leader was a letter to Mikhail Gorbachev, telling him that communism was doomed and suggesting that Gorbachev convert to Islam.

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5YvR8 TIL about Supreme Court Judge Joseph Force Crater, who became the "missingest man in New York," when he disappeared on the streets of Manhattan in 1930. On the day he destroyed several documents, shifted portfolios to his 5th Ave apartment and withdrew $5000. He was declared legally dead in 1939.
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aweQN TIL, Before Apple bought Siri, it was originally going to be released as an app for Android & Blackberry.