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TIL 22 US veterans kill themselves every day

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6Ev1W TIL in 1987, FBI agent Robert Hanssen was tasked by his superiors to find a mole within the agency after the FBI's moles in the KGB were caught. In reality, he was the mole, working with the KGB since 1979. He was eventually caught in 2001 and is currently serving 15 consecutive life sentences.
Y7p8d TIL A horse can have as much as 14.9 horsepower
xVmgD TIL that in most artworks of George Washington has him using his Grey Horse named Blueskin. However, his Horse named Nelson was George Washington's most favoured Horse to use during the Revolutionary War, as he was not easily provoked by gunfire.
neMa9 TIL what the Fujiwhara effect is when two hurricane/cyclones converge
e0dNk TIL Ocean Park in Hong Kong tried for 10 years to get two of their pandas to mate. Now that the park is on lockdown, they've finally done the deed.