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TIL Putin wrote an oped for NYT in 1999 selling Intervention + Targeted Strikes on Chechnya

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neKao TIL Homing Pigeons can average a speed of 60mph over 600 miles, and reach speeds of up to 100mph in short bursts.
awyj0 TIL Dave Thomas (the founder of Wendy's) was a high-school dropout. He was afraid his success would convince teens to drop out of school, so at age 60, he went back and got his GED.
yQDXa TIL The sound of a baby crying can cause the mother's breasts to begin leaking.
xbN1 TIL that John Cazale (Fredo Corleone from “The Godfather”) appeared in only five films during his lifetime. All five were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Three of them won.
grmyW TIL that the hard disk of the infamous terrorist Osama Bin Laden contained many video games including Half Life, Dragonball Z, Nintendo emulator games, and animated movies including Cars and Ice Age