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TIL of the Folk Nation, a gang alliance created in 1978 in the Illinois Department of Corrections. The alliance is now found nationally, and their main rival is the People Nation, another alliance from 1970s Chicago.

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oxx7 TIL in the Philippines, there is an island called Luzon. On this island there’s a lake called Taal Lake. In this lake is an island called Volcano Island. On this island is a lake called Main Crater Lake. In this lake there’s an island called Volcano Point.
j6MPn TIL Herbie Hancock's 2007 Joni Mitchell tribute album titled River: The Joni Letters is one of only two jazz albums to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. The other album is Getz/Gilberto which featured American saxophonist Stan Getz and Brazilian guitarist João Gilberto.
OGoQX TIL Mad Max 2 was voted the greatest action film of all time in a Rolling Stone poll: Die Hard was the choice of Time Out New York
ZpJ1B TIL of La Nueva Jerusalén, a community of fundamentalist catholic doomsday cultists that run a tiny Mexican town with fear. They ban members from having sex with exceptions, modern tech and are in conflict with the towns nonbelievers. In 2012, they gained notoriety for destroying a public school.
DQBNp Today I learned about the invention of the telegraph and how it revolutionized long-distance communication in the 19th century.