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TIL that in New York City all you need to legally pop open a fire hydrant on hot days is to be 18 and stop by your local firehouse to pick up a spray-cap

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Me7YK TIL - In 1984 Ronald Reagan sent the Soviet Army on high alert after saying "We begin bombing in five minutes" while doing a sound check.
7bPL TIL that three teenage boys posed as young girls online, luring men into clandestine meetings. The boys then confronted the men at the meeting spot dressed as Batman and the Flash whilst filming the whole thing
KYJ4R TIL Brandolini’s law, also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle. The law states the amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.
loOYK TIL in 1988 the final history exams for more than 53 million Soviet schoolchildren were cancelled because much of the history they had been taught were lies.
KKe9 TIL that the estimated life expectancy for HIV Positive people in the US and Canada is actually higher than the average population.