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TIL there is no such thing as a chemical that changes pool water color on contact with urine

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GYGZ4 TIL that the X-100, the car JFK was killed while riding in, was not retired after his assassination. The X-100 was cleaned up and rebuilt with additional safety features, and wasn't taken out of service until 1977. Johnson, Ford, Nixon, and Carter all rode in the car too.
MBdA TIL “Black Wall Street”, the most affluent black neighbourhood in the early 20th century, was nearly wiped out by white residents massacring the black population in 1921
RR9a TIL Bing uses Google search results
yQmjv TIL that Michael Jackson's sixth studio album "Thriller" released on November 30, 1982, was listed at number one on the Billboard 200 for 37 weeks from February 26, 1983 to April 14, 1984
DQMrr TIL the "Kamikaze of 1274 and 1281" otherwise known as "The Divine Wind", is massively attributed to the ending of the Mongol invasions. Along with the Mamluks stopping their western expansion, The divine wind typhoons blew through some hundreds of ships, devastating a force of 140,000 Mongols.