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TIL that Syria cuts out the internet during the high school examinations

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1a5MW TIL more than half of all new PhDs in the US are fake
e0kBE TIL in 2000 an impoundment spill in Martin County, Kentucky emptied 300 million gallons of waste (volume of the Empire State Building) containing mercury and arsenic into rivers feeding the Ohio River. Massey Energy received a $5600 fine by federal regulators.
Zyeo TIL that Jenny’s phone number, 867-5309, is not only a prime number, but also a double prime and a member of a primitive Pythagorean triple
JYRPj TIL of Where in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego?, a 1989 Apple II game commissioned by the North Dakotan government. Only 3 retail copies are known to exist.
rj0d TIL about the Treaty of Watertown, the first foreign treaty signed by the United States, establishing a military alliance with Wabanaki First Nations; To this day, Wabanaki citizens of Canada are allowed to join the U.S. military