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TIL It Costs Less to Give the Homeless Housing Than to Leave Them on the Street

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gMj44 TIL "Strange Fruit" is a song recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939. It protests the lynching of Black Americans, with lyrics that compare the victims to the fruit of trees. The song has been called "a declaration of war" and "the beginning of the civil rights movement".
kJrx1 TIL after the Tenerife disaster, KLM looked for their most senior pilot to lead the investigation, only to learn that he was the pilot responsible for the crash
6EVk8 TIL Nettflix uses pirate sites to determine what shows to buy.
oA7A TIL of the Catatumbo lightning storm of Venezuela.At least 300 days of the year a vast raging storm forms at the mouth of the Catatumbo River. It’s lightning, unequaled in strength, can be seen from 250 miles away and was used as a navigational beacon by colonial sailors.
4KbN TIL when a foreign dignitary stays over at Blair House (the sister version of White House), their national flag is flown over the premises and the area is considered foreign soil