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TIL the FBI purposely facilitated a lot of the ‘terrorists’ they seemingly foiled

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4XyY6 TIL about the mosquito alarm, a device used to repel teenagers by emitting a high pitched sound that can only be heard by younger people
4OMb TIL U.S. Families living in extreme poverty (living on less than $2 per day excluding govt benefits) has doubled to 1.5 million since 1996
DQaWP TIL the deadliest recorded hailstorm occurred in India in 1888 and killed as many as 246 people with hail the size of Oranges.
85dZ TIL that many of our most widespread conspiracy theories, such as those surrounding the moon landing, fluoridated water, and JFK’s assassination, were crafted by the KGB in attempts to stir civil unrest.
jyJR TIL that rubbing peanut butter on a stubbed toe acts as a pain killer, due to the oil in the peanuts.