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TIL “Band Geeks” was voted the best Spongebob episode of all time

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jBvQ TIL The last moments of Jonestown’s mass suicide were recorded by Jones. The FBI released the tape publicly.
KOaRa TIL that much of the human genome is made up the DNA of long extinct viruses which infected our ancestors
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.
woxAM TIL about The Vault, the FBI's online library of documents related to frequently FOIA'ed investigations conducted on a wide range of individuals and organizations.
XY4R TIL New York City rioted for over a week in 1922 over when it was socially acceptable to wear a straw hat, similar incidents led to a man being killed in 1924