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TIL the quote “A prison becomes a home if you have the key” was coined by George Sterling as an explanation for the vial of cyanide he always carried with him, and ultimately used to kill himself.

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R5WwQ TIL there is a serial cat shaver in the UK. Apparently resurfaces every couple of years! I would like to learn more..
P1aYG TIL of the K-ships -- a class of armed blimps used by the US Navy during WW2 for anti-submarine warfare operations against German U-boats. Only one K-ship was lost due to enemy action when the K-74 was shot down by machine gun fire from the submarine U-134 on the night of the 18th of July 1943
pY86e TIL about Ron Clifford, a man who survived the 9/11 attacks after his business meeting was moved to the World Trade Center. In a tragic coincidence, Ron's sister Ruth and her 4-year old daughter Juliana were both on American Airlines Flight 175, the plane that hit the South Tower.
V1lG TIL that the fastest supercomputer in 1976 ran at 80MHz and cost $80 million. Compare that to the cheapest (via http://bit.ly/14FE8Qf
p8aJe TIL that the Caesar Salad was invented in Tijuana Mexico, not Rome, in 1924 by Caesar Cardini