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TIL The phrase "If you see something, say something" was created by New York cities MTA in response to 9/11.

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Y7Lad TIL that avocados evolved to be eaten by animals that have since gone extinct. Parts of the avocado are toxic to dogs, cats, cattle, goats, rabbits, horses, rodents, birds, and more.
KJQ TIL The teen who was spanked by his uncle over gang related facebook updates, was found shot to death.
YEOx TIL that classifying something as a wharf, quay, pier, or jetty depends on what it stands on (piles vs. fill) and it’s orientation to the shore (parallel vs. extending out)
vPpQj TIL that Greenland is part of North America. I've always considered Greenland part of Europe because the Kingdom of Denmark governs it, and it is technically in the European Union. But alas, it's geographically North American.
4kmYo TIL that in 2013, a man tried to dribble a football from Seattle to Brazil to promote a charity. He was run over and killed by a truck just 250 miles into his 10,000-mile trip