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TIL: the last stage robbery was on December 5, 1916,

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DlWp TIL: Only 2% of the world’s population have natural green eyes
gM7D8 TIL studies showed that meditation can have a lot of positive effects on the brain, but they depend on the type of meditation. Some helps with multitasking, others reduce stress hormones.
D1E1p TIL the 35-yr-old owner of a boat called "Naut Guilty" was found not guilty in a boating incident. Another man was at the helm who failed to put the boat into neutral as a 19-yr-old woman swam near the boat; she lost her arm in the propeller. Both men pleaded guilty to furnishing alcohol to minors.
rN4N1 TIL the City of Inglewood was predominately white up until the 1960s. It was also a "sundown town," where signs were posted warning blacks that they weren't welcome in town after dark. Homes were even sold with restrictive covenants legally forbidding selling to black families.
8av8V TIL that plague is not a synonym for epidemic, but actually a specific disease. Bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic plague are all caused by the same bacteria: Yersinia Pestis