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TIL-“Hook” by Blues Traveler is a great joke aimed at oblivious music listeners.

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VMlLm TIL that in 1900 the Chinatown in Honolulu was intentionally burned down to prevent the further spread of plague. Four months later, Honolulu was plague-free.
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