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TIL Al-Qaeda attacks financed by $500,000 cost the US more than $500 billion

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KY1xa TIL scientists simulated the impact of a nuclear winter on corn, the most planted grain crop in the world. In the worst case scenario, they found that a global nuclear war, which would inject 165 million tons of soot into the atmosphere, could lead to an 80% drop in annual corn yields.
pYMEb TIL until 2012 in the UK, it was only legal to get married between 8:00 AM and 6:00 PM
oRpXL TIL that John Cazale worked as an actor only for seven years and starred in five movies. All of them were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
5gRr TIL Jackie Chan is a classically trained vocalist and has released over twenty albums in over five languages, in addition to providing the theme tunes for several of his earlier films and singing in several Chinese dubs of Disney classics
E7oV TIL the word ‘Matrix’ is Latin for 'womb’