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TIL America is still in a state of emergency from 9/11

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ne5yr TIL donuts were invented in New York and were originally called "Oily Cakes". The name later changed to Donut because nuts were added to the middle because the center would not cook properly.
9wNdm TIL in 2013 a team of snipers destroyed 17 electrical transformers at the Metcalf Transmission Substation in CA, described as a 'professional job' using 'military-style weapons.' Fiber optic cables were cut prior to the attack and no suspects have ever been publicly identified.
neQkb TIL of the Grand Hotel in Scarborough, England, which had 365 rooms for each day of the year, 52 chimneys for the weeks, 12 floors for months of the year, and was shaped in a V to represent Queen Victoria
O8Rg TIL Gandhi refused to let doctors administer penicillin to his wife, which led to her death, yet accepted quinine to save his life…
WJpA TIL That in 2011 sea levels around the world dropped by almost a cm due to massive rainfalls across Australia.