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TIL that even if a Nuclear Winter occurred, it would be followed by a Nuclear Summer

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6vY8 TIL watches have been traditionally set to 10:10 in advertisements since the 20s
Jabj TIL the FBI was right to watch Earnest Hemingway. He was a failed KGB spy.
KOaXQ TIL before the creation of a public, professional, paid fire department in Boston, the city would pay whatever company arrived first at the scene of a fire, which led to intense competition, and even physical altercations between companies on the way to fires.
DaD TIL: Old Crow Medicine Show’s “Wagon Wheel” was originally an unfinished song by Bob Dylan
Xbbk TIL Banana Boat had a class action lawsuit filed against them. A lab tested their SPF 50 at only SPF 12.69, as well as Consumer Reports stating “28 out of 60 lotion bottles contain less SPF protection than they claimed on the labels”