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

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pYdLA TIL that HM Prison Shepton Mallet (UK) was used by the American military 1942 to 1945. At the end of 1944 there were 768 soldiers imprisoned. 18 were executed at the prison: sixteen were hanged and two were shot by a firing squad. 10 of the 18 men executed there were black and three were Hispanic.
b9dB4 TIL a priceless 'Anglo-Saxon' casket was found being used as a sewing box by a local family
QV79 TIL In South Park when Kenny would die and Stan or Kyle would exclaim “they” and “you bastards” to apparently no one in particular, they are actually referring to Stone and Parker themselves, as though they are omnipresent within the show’s universe.
XEoQj TIL that eating a mango can alter a marijuana high.
XE7L6 TIL of the Baker Electric, an early 20th century electric car that was marketed for women and whose interior was appointed like a parlor or sitting room.