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TIL that Iranian and US special forces worked together to overthrow the Taliban in Herat

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8aLdL TIL the Irish & Native Americans have a 2 century-long friendship, which started after the Choctaw Nation donated $170 to survivors of the Potato Famine in 1847, even though they were still reeling from the Trail of Tears
oo5K TIL even though Einstein said “God does not play dice with the universe” He also said. “It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly.”
5DwB TIL less than two years after getting fired from SNL, Norm Macdonald returned as a host and went on to ridicule the show during the opening monologue.
1aJYr TIL of a Nuclear Weapons Accident that occurred on March 10, 1956. A B-47 Stratojet carrying two plutonium cores was lost over the Mediterranean. Despite an extensive search, the plane and it's cargo was not located and it's fate remains unknown today.
xVZA5 TIL scientists believe, that just like elephants and Woolly mammoths, that rhinos had a "Woolly" counterpart as well