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TIL the Netherlands has a Quick-Response Team of firefighters, outfitted with military-style tactical gear

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abEL TIL that the FBI learned two of its informants were planning to murder a rival gangster. The FBI didn’t intervene, and the man was murdered. The FBI then stayed silent when four innocent men were convicted of the crime. By the time the truth was revealed, two of the four men had died in prison.
orDR TIL This year, a gas cloud is going to come too close to a Black Hole in the center of our galaxy and we’ll see it get ripped apart.
PYgve TIL that the Bald Eagle (the national bird of the United States) is one of the greatest conservation success stories ever. Populations dwindled in the 1900's due to the insecticide DDT which caused eggs to break. After the banning of DDT, eagles can now be found in 49 out of 50 US states.
M7XpB TIL that a third type of twins exist: "Semi-identical" - When a single egg is fertilized by two sperm and then splits.
OGYBa TIL that the Chinese warlord Zhang Zongchang, who ruled Shandong during a turbulent period of civil war and was known for his exceptional brutality and sexual exploits, kept his elderly mother near him at all times. Even on campaign, he gave her a personal railcar to accompany his army in.