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TIL that the first person killed on September 11th was an Israeli special operations veteran and MIT graduate student who immediately attempted to stop the hijacking of Flight 11.

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ep6gn TIL that Dr. David Benaron, who co-pioneered the use of bioluminescence genes for biomedical imaging and invented the green light heartrate sensors found in smartwatches and fitness trackers, is also a furry who owns 46 fursuits and often wears them at work.
oLj7 TIL that the International Space Station has been connected to the regular terrestrial Internet since January 22, 2010 when the first unassisted tweet was posted
KZR TIL in New York the penalty for jumping off a building is Death
91WB TIL in 2014 Hot Pockets issued a major recall after the meat in their product was found to have been processed using diseased or unfit animals. The USDA wrote the products were “unfit for human food”.
BgMwy TIL: In golf, if your ball lands near an animal with large teeth or venomous fangs, you're allowed to claim "free relief" and drop a new ball within one club's length of where the original ball landed.