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TIL: the speed of light can be slowed down

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OGe9Y TIL Jack London, author "The Call of the Wild" and "White Fang," had referred to his first wife as "mother-girl" and to his second wife as "mate-woman."
MyyB TIL that Rosa Parks sued Outkast over the song “Rosa Parks;” they settled out of court, with the group agreeing to create educational programs about her life.
4XdPg TIL the Statue of Liberty's torch has been closed for over 100 years due to damage sustained from a WW1 German spy attack.
d8KRK After exercise, fast food helps you recover just as well as sports supplements.
R7mj8 TIL in 1928 a mail plane crashed into Georgia's Stone Mountain. The pilot not only survived the crash, but manually picked up the mail and descended the mountain himself.