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TIL FEMA tweeted a 1-800 phone sex talk line when they meant to tweet a 1-888 Hurricane Irma helpline. They soon tweeted the correct one, but some hurricane victims had already dialed in to hear: “Welcome to America’s hottest talk line. Guys, hot ladies are waiting to talk to you."

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W7QY8 TIL that the blindfold was added to Lady Justice satirically, to say that Justice was blind to all the injustice before her. The blindfold was later repurposed to what we know today as representing that justice should be carried out impartially.
1aJ1V TIL the SR-71 Blackbird's original name was the RS-71, but Lyndon Johnson messed up during the announcement and called it the SR-71 and the name stuck
VBmPZ TIL that in 2017, a 16 year old girl died of complications from "Rapunzel Syndrome", which is a compulsion to eat your own hair
KZm6 TIL that although lead paint was recognized as toxic as early as 1897 and banned by the League of Nations in 1922, the US did not ban lead paint until 1971.
4jOo TIL a Cleveland woman was ordered by a judge to stand on a corner during rush hour on two days holding a sign that read “Only an idiot would drive on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus”, after notoriously disregarding the law and laughing at the charges.