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TIL of the Battle of Tora Bora, where America lost Osama bin Laden.

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P1myG TIL that American Express was founded in 1850 as a shipping logistics company. Its first charge card wasn’t introduced until 108 years later.
ADyA4 TIL the fez hat (made famous by the Ottoman Empire) didn't go out of style due to lack of interest. Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II (1800s) made them a requirement as he wanted to replace turbans. The fez was considered more modern. It was later banned in 1925 by Kemal Atatürk to modernize the country.
EgP7x TIL American chocolate tastes weird to the rest of the world due to a substance called butyric acid that is often added. The taste has been compared to vomit by international tasters.
PYg0E TIL a man was saved by not ordering Domino’s pizza. After 7 years of ordering everyday, the lack of an order got the store worried. Delivery driver stopped by his house to find him “crying for help.”
Z80MQ TIL in 1962, the CIA stole an abandoned Soviet polar listening station. 2 agents were dropped to retrieve equipments and were later fished out from the site using a sky hook attached to a B-17 bomber.