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TIL the Killer Whale is a natural predator of the Moose

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6EenY TIL about Bill Baxley, elected Atty. Gen. of Alabama at 29 yrs old in 1970. He reopened the 16th St. Church Bombing case and received a threatening letter from Edward R. Fields, Grand Dragon of the KKK. Baxley’s reply was short & sweet: “My response to your letter of Feb. 19, 1976 is - kiss my ass.”
jNPKp TIL 200 Ugandan women who earned $1.20 a day breaking rocks into gravel, donated over $900 to U.S. victims of Hurricane Katrina
kJWpg TIL that the 9/11 landfill was named Fresh Kills
x6BLw TIL after writing the main riff of Seven Nation Army, Jack White planned to save it in case he was ever asked to write a James Bond theme. Deciding this was unlikely to happen, he recorded the song anyways. Five years later, he was asked to write the theme song for the Bond film Quantum of Solace.
dDKGj TIL France outlawed discardable dishware in fast food restaurants.