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TIL: the speed of light can be slowed down

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KO6mG TIL that the city of Holland, Michigan, has 168 miles of tubing coiled underneath its streets, circulating hot water in order to melt any snow on the ground.
BgGdK TIL A young Machiavelli was tasked with mediating a feud between two rival families in the town of Pistoia. His suggestion to use force was ignored by superiors, under fear of appearing cruel, so the feud escalated into a brutal civil war. The event was formative for his political thought
K55B TIL While filming ‘Das Boot’, an actor fell overboard and broke a few ribs. Someone shouted, “Man overboard!” The director didn’t realize it was an accident and yelled, “Good idea, Jan.” He still kept the scene and rewrote the actor’s part so his character spent the rest of the movie in bed.
aW40 TIL that Jimmy Carter signed the bill that made homebrewing legal in 1978. (It took effect in 1979)
VW8m TIL that during the Parsley Massacre, the Dominican soldiers would grab a parsley plant and ask what it was called. If the person couldn’t roll the R in the Spanish word (Perejil) they were executed. Up to 30,000 people might have been killed through that method.