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TIL the Taliban offered to give up Osama bin Laden for trial before September 11, 2001.

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pYwxZ TIL that in 1940, after the fall of France during WW2, the British Royal Navy attacked and destroyed, neutralized or captured the largest ships in the French naval fleet in order to ensure they would not fall into German hands.
aw5eo TIL that Americans are consistently more confident than Britons in which animals they believe they can beat in an unarmed fight, with 8% thinking they could take out an elephant if needed
YAYW TIL when Leah Remini was at Tom Cruise’s & Katie Holmes’ wedding, she found Suri lying on the floor in the bathroom, with three women standing around the baby and chanting her name.
Y7nBd TIL Nickelback's album "Silver Side Up" was released on September 11, 2001
PYE4Z TIL after seeing Blade Runner(1982), William Gibson, having written a third of his debut novel Neuromancer, figured he was sunk, since everyone would assume he’d copied his visual texture from the film. Neuromancer went on to be the first novel to win the Nebula, the Hugo, and Philip K. Dick awards.