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9YpXM TIL around 10% of internet traffic is encrypted by a code generated from the random motion of a wall of lava lamps in San Francisco.
Me40V TIL in 1988, King Hussein of Jordan arbitrarily and without notice revoked the citizenship of tens of thousands of Arabs living in the West Bank, in violation of international and Jordanian law
5VYER TIL In 1956, a woman was awarded $300 in damages by the city of Miami after she was hit on the foot by a falling coconut. It was argued that the city should have been on notice that the coconut was a hazard, because "a reasonable man would assume it was about to fall when it turns brown".
ggl4 TIL that a musician was so unhappy with the music in airports that he recorded “Ambient 1: Music for Airports” intended to serve as a soundtrack for air travelers.
Z8lnB TIL that Repunzel is the princess of social distancing. She has a whole song about what you can do by yourself stuck in a room. And as an odd coincidence, she happens to be the princess of Corona.