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TIL : 30 years ago you had 17 minutes to escape a house fire. Today, it’s down to 3-4 minutes

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ANXP4 TIL the drawing of the bear on Alaska's license plates was appropriated from artist Douglas Allen without his permission. The plates were first released in 1976 but Allen didn't even know until 2015. Allen had never been to Alaska - he sketched the bear at the Bronx Zoo.
wLOx8 TIL Robert Plant once donated $10k to a radio station promising never to play Stairway to Heaven. When asked why, he said it wasn't that he didn't like the song, but he'd heard it before.
gMpWL TIL the iconic "assembly line" music used in Looney Tunes and many other cartoons was originally released by the Raymond Scott Quintette in 1937. The drummer of the Quintette was Johnny Williams, father of composer John Williams.
PORV TIL when the Rwandan Genocide began, to seek safety from Hutu militias, 2000 Tutsi refugees fled to a school where Belgian UN peacekeepers were stationed. On orders from their government they pulled out 3 days later. The militias were waiting outside. After they left, the refugees were slaughtered.
XeGE TIL It is illegal to tickle a female in Virginia