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TIL that sniper bullets can travel for so long, the rotation of the earth will move the target

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0wXEN TIL that the North Pole is not a land mass, but rather a body of water that is almost permanently covered in a 2-3m thick ice sheet.
Oo7pL TIL that among the 12 first women that joined the swiss national council I'm 1971 one was a person of colour
mY5P TIL that Marijuana (and hemp) in the US was actively suppressed by some of the richest men in the country to protect their interests in the newsprint and nylon markets.
W7ZwN TIL Winston Churchill left behind a debt of Rs. 13/- at the Bangalore Club, India which was written off by the committee on 01.06.1899 as an ‘irrecoverable sum’.
m1NER TIL of the longest tail-back in history — cars moved at 2 miles per day