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TIL that the halo sniper is real

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WkvJ9 TIL About the Jefferson Davis Presidential Library and Museum. It was Rededicated as Recent as 2013. The Only Presidential Library Dedicated to a President of a Different Nation. Davis was Famously the President of The Confederate States of America.
wlWM TIL in 1992 an Israeli cargo plane crashed in Amsterdam killing 43 people. Israel claimed it was carrying flowers and perfume. It took 6yrs and a Dutch parliamentary inquiry before they admitted it was carrying DMMP, a key component for sarin nerve gas.
5YA9k TIL Pablo Escobar actor on Narcos, Wagner Moura, is Brazilian and didn't speak any Spanish when he got the part. Also had to gain 40 pounds!
xVaVk TIL Brazil has 49 prisons with no guards, where a system of self-rule among inmates has proved a striking success. These prisons "are cheaper to run, have lower rates of recidivism, and are designed to benefit the wider community."
Mewna TIL of Charles O'Rear, a photographer who snapped the famous grassy hill (Bliss) image used as the default background for Windows XP. Another photo of his, "Full Moon over Red Dunes," was also considered for the default, yet was denied because testers thought the sand dunes resembled buttcheeks.