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TIL The White Helmets in Syria is an organization dedicated to providing free aid to civilians during the war.

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J1avB TIL the New York Times, in 1944, Introduced Readers to an Exciting New Food: Pizza
5YPY8 TIL the United States Postal Service is the single largest employer of veterans (22% of the postal workforce) and nearly a third of the veterans are disabled.
a1pM TIL that HAL9000 in the 2001: A Space Odyssey sings “Daisy, Daisy…” when he gets turned off beacuse it was the first song ever to be sang by a computer (in 1961 by IBM7094)
AN0Rw TIL Contrary to myth, embassies are technically still soil of the host country, but host country laws don't apply within the premises.
R7njQ TIL the Jabba The Hutt puppet was 2,000 lbs, took 3 months to build, 3 men to operate and cost half a million dollars to construct.