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TIL in 1977 a group of Chicago Sun-Times journalists bought a dive bar and used it as a front to uncover and expose political corruption and payoffs.

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p8mpe TIL cities house 62.7% of the US population but occupies only 3.5% of land area
KkkB TIL of Parkinson’s Law: Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
WkB4d TIL about Black July. On 24 July 1983, anti-Tamil rioting started in the capital Colombo in Sri lanka and spread to other parts of the country. Over 7 days, Sinhalese mobs attacked, burned, looted, and killed thousands of Tamil targets. it is generally seen as the start of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
VMryZ TIL that on a single sheet of paper you can write down all the known laws of the universe, beautiful!
yQOrp TIL that the term "Lesbian" stems from the Ancient Greek poet Sappho of Lesbos who lived from 620-570 BCE. Her poetry portrays homoerotic feelings and she wrote over 10,000 lines of poetry. However, even though her works were widely known only 650 lines survive today.