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TIL bananas have more trade regulations than AK-47s

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JXe4 TIL The Chappaquiddick incident, in which Senator Ted Kennedy accidentally drove his car off a bridge, abandoning his passenger who drowned. He did not report the incident for nine hours
7rXPP TIL: That only in 1992 we confirmed there are planets beyond our solar system.
9PpX TIL Earth is the densest planet in the solar system.
6EPbW TIL The crime of “upskirting” is taken seriously in Japan, with manhunts common, primarily due to a shortage of crime and an abundance of police officers in the nation.
jOAQ TIL When helium is cooled to almost absolute zero, the lowest temperature possible, it becomes a liquid with surprising properties. It can flow against gravity and will start running up and over the lip of a glass container.