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TIL that all the books in the Library of Congress total to only 15TB

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yQ8lw TIL In 1924, the Ku Klux Klan got four of its members elected to Anaheim, California's five-member board of trustees, giving them control of city government. When the Klan's plan was exposed, their representatives were successfully recalled in a special election the following year.
14vW TIL the Danube river (Europe’s longest river) begins in the Black Forest in Germany, flows southeast for 1,189 miles, passes through four capital cities, and ends in the Black Sea.
EgJXw TIL after his journey from Japan in 1614, English sailor John Saris returned home with 'Japanese erotic art'. The incident ended his career as a merchant.
p8dBp TIL In 2003, US Intelligence developed a set of playing cards featuring the most wanted members of Saddam Hussein’s regime. They were disturbed among troops to help them identify targets. As of 2018, all but 6 of the 52 most wanted have been either killed, or captured.
gOA7 TIL in a study it was found that, when domestic violence is one-sided, in 70% of the cases, women were the perpetrators