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TIL about "Fossa Carolina" a project funded by Charlemagne to try to connect the Rhine and the Danube. It is not confirmed if it was ever operational or not.

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Y7DGG TIL Bruce's Springsteen's 13th album Devils and Dust releases in 2005 was his first and only album to have a parental advisory label. The label was used for the "adult imagery" in the song Reno where the character in the song visits a sex worker.
P1a8w TIL that the first Special Emmy Award ever given out went to Louis McManus for designing the Emmy itself - and he didn't even get the statue, but rather a plaque.
E14ld TIL there exists a frog so hardcore that when threatened, it breaks its own bone to create a shiv to shank you with.
0AJL TIL David Kaczynski, the Unabomber’s brother, received a $1 Million reward from the FBI for tipping off authorities of his brother’s involvement. After paying off his legal expenses, he donated most the money to the victims.
rN9gy TIL about one of the most crucial cybersecurity attacks in history, the SolarWinds hack. The attack, which was discovered in December 2020, compromised the networks of numerous government agencies including the US Department of Homeland Security and the US Treasury Department.