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TIL US bought three islands (US Virgin Islands) from Denmark in 1917.

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N7X0Q TIL One of the landing gears to the planes that hit the twin towers on 9/11 wasn't discovered until 12 years later wedged between an Islamic community center, and another building.
mx6XR TIL about Massopora, a fungus which infects 13 and 17 year cycle cicadas. It can dissolve the gonads of males, cause their butts to fall off, turning them into "flying zombie salt shakers", and can also change the behavior of some males to make them trick other males into trying to breed with them.
OGLje TIL that in 1982, the members of the punk rock band Misfits were arrested in New Orleans because of grave robbing while attempting to locate the grave of voodoo practitioner Marie Laveau, but bailed themselves out of jail and skipped their court date to drive to their next performance in Florida.
D16Gr TIL on 25th January 1996 Billy Bailey was executed by hanging. He is only the third person to be executed in the US by hanging since 1965. The gallows used were dismantled in 2003 as Delaware stopped allowing death row inmates this option of execution
d8dj TIL Jack Black was a pilot in the 1995 movie Waterworld