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TIL that a bank was once sent through USPS brick by brick

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xVYD TIL the probability of a song becoming a hit can be estimated by using an algorithm.
D1vmY TIL that a Russian Defector (GRU officer Stanislav Lunev) has alleged that small nuclear weapons have been secretly pre-positioned in the U.S. to be used for sabotage by Russia′s agents in the event of a nuclear war.
WjkL TIL pirates were not anarchists and had a “Pirate Code’ that provided rules for discipline, division of stolen goods, and compensation for injured pirates
w15P TIL in 1991, the little plastic ball in cans of Guinness won the Queens Award for Technological Advancement, beating the Internet and Email.
rRr1M TIL that Sheila Chandra who sings Braith of Life (a.k.a The Grace of Valar) from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers suffered from the burning mouth syndrome (BMS) starting 2010 and has been since been rendered effectively mute.