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  1. TIL that Germany planned a land and sea invasion of the United States 20 years before World War One tinyurl.com/6mrra5l 5 minutes ago via twitterfeed
  2. TIL Chipotle is one of a rare few to only use humane (ethical) meat. tinyurl.com/7sblebq about 2 hours ago via twitterfeed
  3. TIL that Rommel's Afrikakorps was never accused of war crimes, he was involved in plots to assassinate Hitler, h... tinyurl.com/6s32w78 about 3 hours ago via twitterfeed
  4. TIL that all cheetahs are virtually genetically identical. Species-wide, their DNA shows the about the same lack... tinyurl.com/7pvm7l5 about 3 hours ago via twitterfeed
  5. TIL Teddy Roosevelt arrested three outlaws on his ranch and then guarded them for 40 straight hours without sleep tinyurl.com/7wrxrru about 3 hours ago via twitterfeed
  6. TIL 'Space Jam' is the highest grossing basketball movie of all time. tinyurl.com/7wmne5f about 5 hours ago via twitterfeed
  7. TIL that ending a sentence with a preposition is NOT a violation of grammar rules. tinyurl.com/6ohjouu about 5 hours ago via twitterfeed
  8. TIL the white dashed lines on the highway are 10 feet long. tinyurl.com/74pk9ot about 5 hours ago via twitterfeed
  9. TIL the band Buckcherry issued a press release blaming pirates for leaking their music. After investigations, it... tinyurl.com/6nrcjr4 about 6 hours ago via twitterfeed
  10. TIL that every second, Google encounters 372 people that search for pornography. tinyurl.com/7d4xrob about 6 hours ago via twitterfeed
  11. TIL that the penguins from Batman Returns "were given a refrigerated trailer, their own swimming pool, half-a-to... tinyurl.com/7rsfyog about 6 hours ago via twitterfeed
  12. TIL that Ben Franklin wrote an essay about farting in response to a call for scientific papers from the Royal Ac... tinyurl.com/7xeyjuf about 6 hours ago via twitterfeed
  13. TIL that in 1908, Herman "Germany" Schaefer became the only player in baseball history to steal first base. He w... tinyurl.com/7ftf4zu about 10 hours ago via twitterfeed
  14. TIL Department of Homeland Security uses the following Keywords to Monitor Citizens tinyurl.com/7dm2253 about 12 hours ago via twitterfeed
  15. TIL that Bruce Dickinson, the lead singer of Iron Maiden, was an airline pilot for 10 years among also being a c... bit.ly/LMcPXs about 13 hours ago via twitterfeed
  16. TIL Koalas have fingerprints nearly indistinguishable from human prints, even under an electron microscope. Evol... bit.ly/LMcS5Q about 13 hours ago via twitterfeed
  17. TIL there were WWII battles fought in Alaska tinyurl.com/7jxnt8w about 15 hours ago via twitterfeed
  18. TIL Occupy Condoms Exist. tinyurl.com/7wc8r8o about 16 hours ago via twitterfeed
  19. TIL There is a Japanese man named Isao Machii that can cut an Airsoft pellet that's moving at over 200 miles per... tinyurl.com/7x7ewyp about 19 hours ago via twitterfeed
  20. TIL A Woman born in South Africa is estimated to have a greater chance of being Raped then learning how to Read tinyurl.com/772qj8h about 19 hours ago via twitterfeed
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