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TIL a “rainmaker” was hired in 1916 to end a drought in San Diego. He was so successful he flooded the city, killing 50. Turns out he had likely developed an early form of cloud seeding.

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9gN6 TIL that a group of ferrets is called a “business”
8eeLX TIL That Zoroastrianism was the official Religion of the first Persian Empire
eBXE TIL Mauritania tried to ban slavery thrice: in 1905, 1981, and as latest as August 2007. It is the ‘last stronghold’ of slavery on earth
OokDL TIL that Kirk Kerkorian, the richest person in Los Angeles, has dispensed more than $200 million and a school, and he has never allowed anything to be named in his honor
d8yDQ TIL Cameron Crowe almost lost the opportunity to use “In Your Eyes” by Peter Gabriel in the film Say Anything - Crowe got a call from Peter denying the usage because Crowe accidentally sent Peter and his label a screening of a John Belushi biopic, Wired. Peter liked it, but felt it wouldn’t work.