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TIL a person who prioritizes calling "Shotgun" more than a normal person, to the degree that they'll compromise their own ethics to gain the front seat, is known pejoratively as a "Shotgun Gaper."

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axVJ TIL an abandoned water tower on top of a vacant New York City building was turned into a secret rooftop speakeasy. Accessible by ladder from below, the cozy nightclub featured live music and drinks.
6KxW TIL early printing presses used the letter “y” for the Middle English letter thorn (þ). “Ye” (definitive article), as in “ye olde”(pronounced “the old”), became commonplace, which contributed to the transition of “ye”(noun) to “thou” to avoid confusion, which eventually lead to “thou” to “you”.
XEj8P TIL That 1000's of Children in Romanian Orphanages Were Systematically Killed Due to Lack of Meeting Their Basic Human Needs.
ADOg TIL that a CD of monks singing Gregorian chant made it to #3 on the Billboard 200
8a8e8 TIL that after the murder of civil rights activist Medgar Evers in 1963, his alleged murderer was tried by an all-white jury who deadlocked twice and failed to convict. In 1994, Evers was discovered to be so well embalmed that forensic autopsy was still possible, leading to his murderers conviction.