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TIL Dave Karnes (former US marine) left his office in CT as soon as he saw the 9/11 attack on the news, grabbed his uniform, got a regulation haircut, and went to Ground Zero THE DAY of the attack, and aided the rescue efforts. Then he re-enlisted and served TWO TOURS.

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9vkX TIL that there is no known written documentation of the food dish known as “fajitas” prior to 1971.
VBpXk TIL in 1985 the Supreme Court ruled that Long Island is not an Island, but a Peninsula!
g7wD TIL in an international study that looked at age and happiness, people were their unhappiest at 46 years old.
Bra7b TIL of Godwin's Law which asserts: As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Hitler approaches