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Today I learned that Taylor Swift wrote the song "Teardrops on My Guitar" about one of her classmates, Drew Hardwick, who was later arrested in 2015 for aggravated child abuse.

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LBr TIL in 1959 a pilot ejected from his jet at 45,000 feet and spent the next 40 minutes being thrusted up and down inside of a thunderstorm.
KO5OB TIL President Truman was opposed to McCarthyism, which was a means of deplatforming suspected communists without technically violating the first amendment, largely by barring them from employment. "In a free country, we punish men for the crimes they commit, but never for the opinions they have."
v6wK TIL the Mall of America is owned by Canadians
EgEXW TIL that California is named after a fictitious island described in a series of 16th century Spanish romance novels. The island was described as being inhabited by beautiful black women who wore gold armor.
B8Yb TIL there’s a growing group of people in and around Detriot, MI who have taken it upon themselves to cut the grass at otherwise neglected public parks in the city using their own equipment. They’re called ‘The Mower Gang’ - check them out!