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TIL Stars are so foreign to people living in Los Angeles that when the 1994 earthquake knocked out power they called local officials to question them about the strange thing in the sky, it was the Milky Way.

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RrQ1 TIL that under New Zealand law, the crime of rape applies only to men
7QgP TIL In 1992, a man in Texas was sent to death row for murdering his kids by arson. He was executed by lethal injection in 2004. In 2009, through advances in technology, it was found that the fire was likely accidental. According to an expert, “There was no item of evidence that indicated arson.”
P4eG TIL John Williams subtly put the Imperial March into Anakin’s Theme from Episode I, foreshadowing his turn to the Dark Side.
dDpdB TIL that after rescuing piglets from a barn blaze, firefighters received sausages made from those piglets as a thank-you from the farmer six months later.
bN TIL that every day, Sikh temples are required to provide a free, hot meal to anyone regardless race, gender, or creed.