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

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M7kQK TIL virtually all the major obstacles on K2's standard route had been overcome as early as 1939, and it might have been climbed then had storms and miscommunication not caused disaster instead.
BrdWL TIL that humans have a negativity bias that makes us continuously look for bad news. The trait stems from early humans who developed it as a survival mechanism
v1g5B TIL that Alexander Litvinenko, the Soviet Secret Service defector that was assassinated by polonium poisoning for defecting, converted to Islam in Britain. His father's reaction to this was "It doesn't matter. At least you're not a communist"
ArL4 TIL That Alfred Ely Beach constructed the first NY subway in secret, under the nose of corrupt politician William “Boss” Tweed. AND he did it in only 58 days
47Pg TIL the difference between hardwood and softwood has to do with how they reproduce, not the hardness of the wood, and that balsa wood - one of the softest woods - is a hardwood.