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TIL Osama bin Laden had counter strike installed on his computer, a "fairly extensive" porn collection that the US government refused to release, and books with 9/11 conspiracy theories.

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Lk589 TIL Norway's $1tn Sovereign Wealth Fund owns 1.5% of shares worldwide. They use this clout to push gender-equal pay and reasonable executive salaries while blacklisting 'unethical' companies. They are considering adding high carbon emitters to this blacklist too.
X0Q5r TIL Winston Churchill once saw Abraham Lincoln's ghost in the White House while naked and smoking a cigar, then proceeded to tell the ghost "Good evening, Mr. President. You seem to have me at a disadvantage."
nJVr TIL Eric Clapton said some very racist things. “This is England, this is a white country, we don’t want any black wogs and coons living here. We need to make clear to them they are not welcome. England is for white people, man. We are a white country. I don’t want f*****g wogs living next to me.”
wx1Y TIL that in 1980 New Mexico prison riot, prisoners in protective custody waited for 5 hours while prison gangs cut their way into the cell block with blow torches and then tortured and killed them. They could have escaped through a rear door, but the guards refused to open it.
XED68 TIL Killer-whale mothers often stay with their adult sons for their entire lives, sharing their prey and knowledge, & that the mother's might also play a direct role in fostering mating opportunities. They really want grand children.