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TIL that London, UK still has 1500 gas street lights in operation

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0jrj Til there was a man who determined such advanced mathematics 100 years ago that it took until recently for the scientific community to understand it, and it is now a part of string theory. He had no college degree and failed out of college because he was too focused on actually doing things.
W7onY TIL about Varg Vikernes, a black metal musician who was convicted of first-degree murder and the arson of four churches in Norway. The cover of his 1993 EP Aske (“ashes”) features a photo of a church he was accused of burning down.
JY7A8 TIL of Vasili Arkhipov, a Soviet Navy officer who saved the world by casting the one vote not to use nuclear torpedoes on the US Navy, thus averting a nuclear crisis
QNQLp TIL that Bizzy Bone from Bone Thugs-n-Harmony was abducted as a child and was found thanks to his photo being recognized during an airing of a movie about Adam Walsh's kidnapping and murder.
xVanB TIL that by 1991, the air in Mexico City had become so contaminated with fecal dust from humans that it was possible to contract hepatitis by simply breathing outdoors