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TIL that there are white rainb9ws that appear in fog.

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oRpdA TIL that a court case in Iceland involving an MMA gym and an injured patron was ruled in the gym's favor on the basis of a clause in a 13th century legal manuscript.
awneA TIL sci-fi author Isaac Asimov refused the invitation to friend and famed A.I. pioneer Marvin Minsky’s lab at MIT in the 60s because he was “Writing about really intelligent robots of the future and was sure that if he came and saw the clumsy ones that we were making it would spoil his imagination.”
P19GJ TIL: Ken McElroy, known as "the town bully," was murdered in 1982 in front of 30-46 witnesses by at least two shooters. But nobody saw anything, and the murder remains unsolved. Fascinating story.
5M5B TIL George Aldrich has worked for NASA for over 40 years, and his job is to smell things. This is to ensure that there are no unpleasant smells on ISS and the shuttle. Oh and his nose also gets calibrated and tested every four months.
RZQj TIL that the reason many windows are blocked or bricked-up on older buildings in England is because there used to be a tax on windows.