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TIL The Saturn V rocket at 363 ft (111m) is taller than the tallest building in 85 countries, 14 US states, and the District of Columbia

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wgx8 TIL On 31 March 1970, a group of left-wing extremists from the Japanese Red Army Faction hijacked a plane with samurai swords and demanded to be taken to North Korea.
wLX1Y TIL The father of modern policing was a former criminal turned detective who refused to arrest anyone who stole out of necessity.
l71pa TIL that in the Civil War, Black US troops served as guards at POW camps for Confederate soldiers
9wNB TIL that in 2001, a panel of wine experts gave one of the lowest possible scores to an average-priced Bordeaux that was served in a cheap bottle. When it was served in an expensive bottle, it received one of the highest possible scores.
pmMZ TIL that in 2010, newly elected mayor of Reykjavik Jon Gnarr announced that he won’t form coalition with anyone who hasn’t seen all five seasons of ‘The Wire’.