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TIL Osama Bin Laden was scammed out of $1.5 Million while trying to buy weapons-grade uranium

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VMRMp TIL the first thing purchased on the internet was marijuana
0MJN TIL St. Patrick converted thousands in Northern Ireland to Christianity and used the shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity to Irish Pagans.
QNZOp TIL that "hello" is a relatively new word. The first time we have it in writing is 1826
D1mJe TIL mincemeat doesn't actually have any meat in it at all! (And I've been missing out on a delicious fruity pie all my life because I thought it was a savory meat pie ????)
wLMxW TIL that Zhang Aiqin (Eggman), popular in meme culture for his egg-shaped head and singing Yi Jian Mei, is an actor and director.