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TIL that some common civilian aircraft have anti-missile countermeasure systems on them

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x67bk TIL That a "census-designated place" called "Rough and Ready" (named after Zachary Taylor) in Nevada County, California declared secession from the United States in 1850 (During the California Gold Rush) to avoid mining taxes. It voted to rejoin the union 3 months later on July 4th.
GVlj TIL: Gamers in Antarctica have used 137.4MB of Steam’s bandwidth.
gMVK8 TIL about pioneer James Young, a black man who was born into slavery, and would later move into Tombstone, Arizona, where he become a miner, ranch worker, hostler, indian scout, bodyguard, buffalo soldier, and a boxer who was the only black man to fight heavyweight world champion, John L Sullivan.
p8dKO TIL that Jeremy Renner had an app and communication platform developed that was dedicated to discussing Jeremy Renner in which users purchased in-app currency using actual real money and competed for the opportunity to be acknowledged by Jeremy Renner
8eyEV TIL there are 88 cities in Los Angeles County, California. Each city has a mayor and a city council.