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TIL that the largest export from Columbia to the US is not coffee but crude petroleum.

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y6Av TIL a Chiefs superfan known as “Helmet Man” was banned from attending games because he was part of the Witness Protection Program for being a witness in the 1993 WTC bombing.
R7G6Q TIL that a bevy of attorneys turned up dead, were fired, or forced to resign while pursuing criminal charges against needle manufacturers and purchasers who had contributed to the worldwide spread of HIV and hepatitis
Jbd1 TIL In 1967, a fighter pilot purposely flew through enemy air defenses to make enemy aircraft leave him alone, then flew his damaged aircraft back into combat and destroyed two missile sites defending a target. Allowing 70 of the 72 other friendly aircraft to survive the mission.
pNgA TIL Karl Plagge was a Wehrmacht officer who used his position to try and save 1240 Jews in Lithuania from Nazi extermination. At his trial he did not speak in his own defense because he blamed himself for not doing enough. In 2005 he was awarded “Righteous Among the Nations”.
e0yy4 TIL turtles and lizards are more closely related to birds than they are to each other.