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TIL albums are always released on Tuesdays in the US, and no one really knows why

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aLDo TIL chief translator for European Parliament, Ioannis Ikonomou, speaks 32 languages fluently, including two dead ones
JQkj TIL Camp 1391 is a secret prison 1 hour from Tel Aviv, dubbed “the Israeli Guantanamo”. It was discovered by accident in 2003 by an israeli historian while researching old british police buildings
xVDRb TIL: The millions of dead skin cells your body gives off every day turn into the dust that resides on the floors of your house.
b9mBp TIL Marijuana is legal in Washington DC as a “gift” only. You must purchase something else (like a sticker or T-shirt for example) and you choose your marijuana “gift” to receive.
Z80MQ TIL in 1962, the CIA stole an abandoned Soviet polar listening station. 2 agents were dropped to retrieve equipments and were later fished out from the site using a sky hook attached to a B-17 bomber.