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TIL over $200 million in gold and silver bullion was recovered from underneath WTC-4 following the September 11th attacks.

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AYjd TIL that Cheetahs were once classified as canines and it’s because their feet are more like dogs’ feet than cats’.
Zjpo TIL Louisiana is the only state in the US whose civil law is based not on English common law, but rather Roman Law originating in Europe.
ejRg TIL the origin of the piggy bank, which started in the Middle Ages with the material used to make storage jars for coins: an orange clay called “pygg.” Through language evolution and cultural overlap, English potters were asked to make pygge banks, so they started making them in the shape of pigs.
BgEJd TIL US soldiers are four times as likely to die by suicide than in combat
X0jmR TIL in the 1946 California gubernatorial election, Earl Warren was the nominee for both the Republican and Democratic Party. He won with 91.64% of the vote and the candidate in second place was the nominee for the Prohibition Party.