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TIL that Al Queda’s strategy specifically involved using terrorism to provoke the West into long wars in numerous places that would lead to its financial collapse.

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x61W0 TIL King James the First liked to play tennis. He knocked so many balls off the court and down an old drain leading from the abbey that he ordered for the passage to be blocked. 3 days later, assassins arrived to kill him. He tried to escape through the passage but it was blocked and he was murdered
OoKo1 TIL that in Chinese/Peking Opera, a character wearing armor with flags on his/her back was meant to represent a general leading an army. Two such characters fighting on stage meant that a battle between two armies was taking place.
oBw8W TIL - it's now possible to see what the Hubble telescope caught on the day of your birthday. Mine was Ceres, the largest known object in the asteroid belt, also a dwarf planet. Amidst what is happening on earth right now, please don't forget to look up the night sky.
690DJ TIL the Japanese government gifted Dr. Yamanaka, known for his work on induced pluripotent stem cells, 160,000 yen for a washing machine after he won the Nobel Prize, as he mentioned in an interview, "I was in the middle of repairing my washing machine when I heard the news."
GV9g TIL After Stephen Colbert called Windsor (Ontario) ‘the Earth’s rectum’ the CBC made a poll on their website asking if the description was good for the city and 85% said Yes.