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TIL Iran’s nuclear program was launched in the 1950’s with the help of the United States.

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vPVXD TIL that in 2017 all GPS coordinates in Australia were shifted 1.8 m to account for continental drift since the last update in 1994. Moving north 7 cm a year, the Australian plate is one of the fastest-drifting plates in the world
4Xrvb TIL Karl Malone had a child when he was 20, and the mother was 13
awbMZ TIL: About operation "come of power" where by a coven of British witches convened in the forest in 1940 to thwart the Nazi leadership and turn the tide of the war.
Or4L TIL a group of 5 teenage boys broke into a house looking for money. The homeowner was home and and started shooting - killing 1 of the boys. The remaining 4 boys were charged with his murder.
KOLmG TIL the Olympic tradition of running the torch from Olympia to the host city first started at the Berlin Olympics in 1936.