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TIL an area with no prior history of earthquakes was rocked with more than 100 earthquakes after a single year of a fracking operation.

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bKn7 TIL that British colonials in India used gin to cover the bitter taste of anti-malarial quinine tonic, thus creating the Gin & Tonic.
yyEM TIL that the first Canadian casualties of the Afghanistan war were from an American pilot bombing a training exercise.
x68Mk TIL that bees remember a flower scent better when they have caffeine in their nectar, which benefits coffee and citrus plants which naturally have caffeine in their nectar
6dRY TIL Napoleon liked the painting of Mona Lisa so much that he had it placed on his bedroom walls for several years before returning it to the Louvre.
DNpg TIL the first thing Reagan said to his wife after his attempted assassination is “Honey, I forgot to duck.”