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TIL that a Minnesota action park lets you drive surplus military tanks and other armored vehicles around an old limestone quarry and smash junk cars and drive through trailer houses.

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OYd1 TIL that “in 2005, a Canadian teleco – Telus – blocked its customers from visiting a pro-union website during a labor dispute. Telus just happened to be the company "at the heart of the dispute.”
9eo7 TIL in 2004 Richard Dean Anderson was made an Honorary Air Force Brigadier General for positive portrayal of the Air Force on Stargate: SG-1
0w4eA TIL that Germany started paying World War I reparations in 1921 through Gold and Bonds, which was cancelled by Hitler when he came to power, but Germany resumed the payments again in 1953 post World War II, and kept making payments until October 2010 when the final one was made to officially end WWI
epnP5 TIL White and Orange/Yellow Cheddar are the same cheese, except one uses colouring
e0ElJ TIL you shouldn’t say “comprised of.” Comprise already means “to consist of”, so the extra “of” is redundant. Instead, try “the machine comprises parts” or “the crew comprised a cook and a cleaner.”