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TIL Osama Bin Laden sent a letter to America in 2002 citing his reasons for the 9/11 attacks, ciriticzing the country and giving them suggestions.

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dDDo7 TIL about Eyam, a village that self- quarantined after the Plague arrived in 1665 to successfully stop it from spreading to neighbouring villages.
X0EVX TIL of the "Coal Wars" in the US, where from 1890-1930, many wars were fought against armed unions of workers. The Battle of Blair Mountain alone was the second largest uprising in the US (only after the Civil War), where over 1,000,000 rounds were fired.
8a1NX TIL California is home to 91 of the 100 most expensive zip codes in America.
jNQav TIL that in 1939, the US army was ranked nineteenth in size in the world, behind Portugal and only slightly ahead of Bulgaria. Its equipment was obsolete, and it relied heavily on horses
jBPn TIL From 1800 to 1929, Americans lived through 23 recessions and four depressions, or one every 4.8 years.