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TIL that Founding Father Benjamin Franklin wrote an essay about farts.

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rNlnW TIL there are 80,000 Americans living in Saudi Arabia, housing compounds with luxurious amenities, such as swimming pools and tennis courts. They are walled off and provide "some security and privacy from the country's strict Islamic code on matters of dress and social mixing."
P18Be TIL In 1969 Colorado tried fracking with a nuclear bomb - it worked, but the oil and gas are too irradiated to be used even today
jaAp TIL the US Marshals arrested more than 100 criminals in a massive sting by mailing them all free (fake) tickets to a Redskins game
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grMx7 TIL in Jekyll Island Georgia, if you own a home you don't own the land.