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TIL Afghanistan has cost the U.S. more than the Marshall Plan

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8eaaP TIL that after 9/11, On January 5, 2002, Charles Bishop, a high-school student from Florida, United States, stole a Cessna 172 light aircraft and purposefully crashed it into the side of the Bank of America Tower in downtown Tampa, Florida, killing no one but himself in the process
8egW4 TIL that the President and Vice President of Azerbaijan are Husband and Wife. If President Ilham Aliyev ever steps down than Mehriban Aliyeva(wife) would become the president.
0woov TIL about the "Shephards tone". An audio illusion which sounds like it is contantly rising when it isn't. It is used in films and video games to add suspense.
rNRX4 TIL that in order to promote national peace, founding father Benjamin Rush wanted to establish the position of Secretary of Peace, and at the same times post signs such as "An office for butchering the human species" and "An office for creating famine" above the office of the Secretary of War.
68Xw TIL that “Fancy” ketchup refers to its specific gravity