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TIL, there is enough residual blood in illegally dumped syringes to get positive DNA identification and it was used to successfully trace needles ditched on school property in Darien, Connecticut in USA

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BpRb TIL the French Intelligence services blew up a Greenpeace ship in a New Zealand port, killing a photographer on board.
9YWpm TIL The car Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in bore the license plate number "A 111 118." This is number coincidentally corresponds with 11-11-18, the end date of WW1 (Armistice Day).
EO9o TIL that Duck Commander, the company owned by the Duck Dynasty family, has an “F” Better Business Bureau rating.
NpyM TIL that in Saudi Arabia the weekend is Thursday and Friday. Some business leaders want to switch to a Friday-Saturday weekend to match other Middle Eastern countries, but religious conservatives don’t want to share a weekend with Israel.
e0rdb TIL In 1958 nuclear weapons were proposed as a tool for petroleum extraction. The plan was to detonate 100 nuclear bombs in the Alberta Oil Sands, thus adding heat and decreasing viscosity, the bitumen could then be easily pumped out. The project was put on hiatus due to risk of Soviet espionage.