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TIL that there is a billionare in Australia who is building a replica of the Titanic with a Madien Voyage planned in 2016.

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R7aQ TIL- there is a gang of women in India that go after abusive husbands and fight to stop child marriages.
xVxD TIL Mossad agents kidnapped a Nigerian man in London in 1984, and tried to extradite him by drugging him, placing him in a crate, and shipping him abroad as diplomatic luggage. As they did not label the crates correctly, the crates could be and were searched, and the plan was foiled.
loM5B TIL the phrase "under God" was added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954 as part of the Cold War
KgRG TIL that escapes from prison by helicopter are not only a real thing, but that some criminals have escaped from prison Multiple times by helicopter
OG7v1 TIL a marketing company employee helped orchestrated $24 million of fraudulent McDonald's Monopoly game prizes