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TIL that the Missouri River is the longest river in the US, beating the Mississippi by only 1 mile.

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kJARg TIL that before the raid of Osama Bin Laden in 2011, two 1:1 scaled versions of his Pakistani compound were built in the US, for SEALs to practice their raid on. The elevation of these test compounds was also built to be at the same level, to test the affect it would have on the raid helicopters.
n7B7 TIL The majority of female koalas suffer from a sexually transmitted bacterial infection called chlamydia. This problem is aggravated by the fact that in captivity female koalas often engage in lesbian behaviour
X0YoR TIL that in 2016, a GPS satellite decommissioning glitch caused 15 satellites to broadcast the wrong time by 13 microseconds. The tiny error triggered thousands of system faults and alarms in telecom networks worldwide for over 12 hours.
PYaDJ TIL - Despite selling over 80 million albums worldwide Enya has yet to undergo a single concert tour.
LAyp TIL 70% of the spices used in the world come from one country. India.