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TIL-The Declaration of Independence spent World War II in Fort Knox placed in a box and sealed with lead.

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x6APB TIL: North Korea had a covert cargo ship named the Chong Chon Gang, which was a front to conduct illicit activities around the world such as smuggling. It was chased by pirates in 2009, detained by Ukraine and Egypt in 2010, and seized by Panama in 2013. The NK gov paid $700k to release it.
O1dR TIL of the last Kauaʻi ʻōʻō bird, who was recorded singing a mating call to a female that would never come. It died in 1987.
7rNXX TIL Cpl Tony Stein earned the medal of honor by creating a hybrid Machine gun which quickly ran out of ammo. Kicking his shoes off, he ran back down to the beach eight times to get fresh ammunition. Each trip back, he carried a wounded Marine on his back
v1aVR TIL that there’s a restaurant that only serves food from countries that are in conflict with the U.S.
VdK0 TIL that “o'clock” is a contraction of “stroke of the clock” and comes from 15th century references to medieval mechanical clocks