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TIL a Hezbollah cell was uncovered in Charlotte, NC when a detective working a second job at a tobacco wholesaler observed members come in to buy large quantities of cigarettes for cash. Further investigation into illegal tobacco shipping uncovered their true identities.

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agM TIL there is an “anti-Pluto”, a dwarf planet sharing Pluto’s orbit but located on the opposite side. It even has a moon: Vanth.
Yn1W TIL, that Patrick Stewart was initially considered for the role of Data, and it took weeks of discussion with Robert Justman, Rick Berman, and the casting director to convince Roddenberry that Stewart was the one they had been looking for to sit in the Captain’s chair.
Brk4W TIL Beethoven’s 9th Symphony is sung in Japan at the end of every year, and the first time it was sung in the country was in a POW camp in 1918 by German prisoners
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