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TIL all existing JFK assassination related documents will be made public by 2017

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69QMl TIL Thomas Jefferson regularly attended many different churches and declared "I am of a sect by myself" unlike many of the other devoted founding fathers.
ne5Eb TIL of the 1988 Armenian Earthquake. The initial more powerful quake lasted approximately 20 seconds and anywhere from 25-50 thousand people were killed with over half a million structures destroyed.
8aDOb TIL in order for a hotel be rated AAA Four Diamonds or above, it must have a landline or cordless telephone available in the bathroom
781PX TIL that George Orwell was spied on by a Soviet secret agent named Hugh O'Donnell, code-name O'Brien. In a coincidence, (book spoiler) Orwell wrote Nineteen Eighty-Four to have a spy named O'Brien betray the main character, without knowing about the Soviet spy codenamed "O'Brien."
gMxQ4 TIL Lunchables were created over 30 years ago because bologna was losing popularity. Their goal was to “dream up something that was livelier than sliced, sandwich-ready meat sealed in plastic.”