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Today I learned How Shopping Malls Are Being Transformed Into Apartments In The U.S.

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b6lK4 TIL that a battle in the American Civil War was fought in France in 1864, between the USS Kearsarge and the CSS Alabama, in the English Channel off the coast of Cherbourg
DQa1p TIL Americans opposed to Mormon polygamy in 1870 wanted Utah women to get the right to vote so they would eliminate plural marriage. It didn’t work.
WOo8 TIL Groot is also known by: “His Divine Majesty King Groot the 23rd, Monarch of Planet X, custodian of the branch worlds, ruler of all the shades”
9Bb6 TIL the Super Bowl has required national anthem vocals to be pre-recorded since 1993 when Garth Brooks declined to pre-record and then refused to sing live until a dispute over debuting a music video during the game could be settled, resulting in a delayed kickoff.
5vyB TIL Journalist Jon Snow declined an OBE (Order of the British Empire) because he believes working journalists should not take honours from those about whom they report.