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TIL the slogan of the revolver Colt used to be "God created men, Colt made them equal..."

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6doY TIL two brothers inherited one of the Hawaiian islands, Niihau, and have turned down all offers to sell including $1 billion from the U.S. government
p8mGN TIL many experts regard the United States as entirely uninvadable, because of the country's major industries, reliable and fast supply lines, large geographical size, population size, difficult regional features, armed citizenry, and strong military force.
MelB0 TIL that lithium, which is used to tread bipolar disorder, is found in a water supply, there is a reduction in the amount of violence and suicide in that population.
x6XOB TIL about Jane Wallis Burrell, the first CIA agent to die in service of the agency. She died on a runway in France in 1948 just 110 days after the Agency’s creation. She does not have a star on the memorial wall, as she did not qualify as the plane was commercially flown.
XE79Q TIL an election team in India travels over 35km to collect a vote from a single voter in the region.