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TIL that Bin Laden’s Family was evacuated by the FBI shortly after 9/11 when they received a message from the Saudi ruler saying there were “bin Laden children all over America…Take measures to protect the innocents”

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lo07N TIL it is estimated that it will take another 300-700 years for the land in northern France to fully recover from the impact of WWI due to the vast amount of unexploded ordnance and poisoned soil.
6ELrX TIL The cashew "apple" is a light reddish to yellow fruit, whose pulp can be processed into a sweet, astringent fruit drink or distilled into liquor. The cashew “nut” is the seed of the fruit. The shell of the cashew seed is used for lubricants, waterproofing, paints and arms production.
1abxX TIL about Quaker and slave trader Zephaniah Kingsley, Jr. who advocated, and practiced, racial mixing as a way toward ending slavery. These views were tolerated in Spanish Florida. After Florida became a U.S. territory in 1821, he moved with his multiple "wives", children, and slaves to Haiti.
vP6W8 TIL Mariah Carey was secretly in an alt-rock/“riot grrrl” band called Chick, inspired by Hole and Sleater-Kinney, that she would record at the end of the day while making her Daydream record. She’s the background vocals.
d8W1K TIL that George Washington moved his slaves in and out of Pennsylvania every 6 months to avoid them taking advantage of a law that meant slaves residing in the state longer than half a year could claim freedom