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TIL that the drug cartels are capturing technicians and making them build a private cell phone network

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QN7AM TIL That Palm Trees Are Both Vegetable And Fruit Plants, The Fruit is The Dates/Coconuts, And The Vegetable is Their Edible Core Called The "Heart of Palm", as Palm "Trees" Are Not Real Trees, As They Don't Contain Wood
MKLa TIL That in year 1054 A.C there was an explosion in the sky so bright, that it was visible even during the day for 23 days straight
nWjro TIL that in 2003, scientists "resurrected" an extinct species of Ibex, bringing back one living specimen, only for it go extinct again seven minutes later when the specimen died of a lung defect
8awL4 TIL There was the exact same number of 8-year-old girls in Sweden on 1 January 1994 as there were 9-year-old girls in 1 January 1995, none died and none immigrated.
W1BA TIL that Pope Clement VIII like coffee so much he baptized it so Christians could drink it without going to hell.