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TIL: Hawaii was in Oceania not in North America

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gMRbb TIL the Swedish reggae-pop band Ace of Base has a secret Nazi past
PYbyV TIL In traditional societies that have no access to processed sugars and white flour, many indigenous people have no cavities, and flash smiles with perfect pearly white teeth, even though tooth brushing is rare. The next generation of natives who eat processed food began to develop crooked teeth
BDVk TIL That the Soviet Union unknowingly sold Titanium to CIA dummy companies that was used in the creation of the A-12 Cygnus (Predecessor to the SR71 Black Bird) that was being built to spy on the Soviet Union
Lk14p TIL Osama Bin Laden was actually killed by the CIA, and he had a significant stash of Opium near by. In preparation for the raid, the Seal team was legally signed over to CIA control for legal protection, and all records are shielded from the Freedom of Information Act.
rNk9w TIL one of the proposed definitions for the meter was the seconds pendulum, which takes 1 second for each swing