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TIL The Chinese Spy Balloon flew over the only Uranium Conversion Plant in the United States

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OG0M6 TIL Carrie Fisher was only 20 years old when the original Star Wars was released in 1977.
9Yeg6 TIL that there are no Wendy's in Europe due to a local Dutch snackbar owner owning the Wendy's trademark in Europe. They have been in a legal battle for years and Dutch courts side with the snackbar every time.
Rk67 TIL If identical twins marry identical twins, their children will legally be cousins, but genetically will be full siblings.
rNAgo TIL in 1864, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay teamed up to, in effect, almost wipe Paraguay off the face of the planet. In total, 60–70% of the population of Paraguay died as a result of the war, leaving a woman/man ratio of 4 to 1 (as high as 20 to 1, in the most devastated areas).
R7PNj TIL The airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow