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TIL the population of Baltimore is less now than it was a hundred years ago

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154W TIL when Columbus first sailed to America his ship’s captain (Rodrigo de Triana) spotted land first but Columbus later claimed he had already seen it a few hours earlier, thereby claiming for himself the lifetime pension that had been promised by King Ferdinand to the first person to sight land.
4Dvg TIL that on their trip across the continent, Lewis & Clark came across a tribe that knew how to say “son of a bitch” in English.
Oon67 TIL Progressive once hired a lawyer to defend a driver who killed their customer in an attempt to avoid paying out liability coverage.
ne5Ed TIL that CNN hires there “guests” and pays them to have an opposing belief so as to have a good fight on tv.
dWnd TIL that the first cloned cat is no “Copy Cat”: CC, the clone, is a tabby, while Rainbow, the donor, is a calico.