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TIL the glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified Kosher
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TIL that George Lucas was the original owner of Pixar, but after hitting financial troubles from his divorce, sold the company to Steve Jobs for 5 million U.S. dollars.
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TIL there was an attack on the United States Capitol building in 1954 by Puerto Rican nationalists that resulted in 5 congressmen being shot
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TIL that Key West once declared itself a micro-nation named the Conch Republic, declared war against the United States, surrendered after one minute, and then requested $1 billion in foreign aid from the U.S. federal government.
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TIL that the drawer under your stove is not originally intended for storing extra cookware, but for keeping cooked food warm during meal preparation.
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TIL that an FBI informant secretly wore a wire to breakfast with a city official suspected of bribery, and met the suspect at the WTC Marriott. In the middle of getting a confession, the informant ends up making what is believed to be the only uninterrupted audio recording of the Sept. 11 attack.