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

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1GLP TIL there is a Cornwall Independence movement, complete with it’s own “terrorist” group.
neMOd TIL that Brenda Song turned down Harvard University (at 15) to play London Tipton in ‘The Suite Life of Zack and Cody’
D15Kv TIL That the levees built for New Orleans after Katrina, the full-blown $14 billion response to repairs needed, will likely be rendered useless in about 4 years unless more significant additions are built for them soon.
jNaka TIL the best snow for skiing is made up of snowflakes called fernlike stellar dendrites. These snowflakes are the largest type of snowflakes, diameters exceeding 5 mm, and are extremely thin and light, so they make a low density snowpack.
nWwY9 TIL that the post-medieval Burmese and Thai kingdoms fought 24 wars across a period of over 200 years.