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TIL The "Florida Man" phenomena is in part due to the state's extremely transparent open records laws. Reporters have uniquely easy access to police reports, making it easy to write crime stories.

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b6pN0 TIL Adam Smith didn't invent free market capitalism, the French Physiocrats did
xoaD TIL When the British burned down the White House in the War of 1812, first they ate the meal that was set out for the President
j8oR TIL Brian wilson of the Beach Boys wrote the song “Good Vibrations” on LSD and considered it the “summation of his musical vision”
nKmd TIL: Nairobi, Kenya has a thriving country music scene because Kenyans “can identify with the stories in the songs.” Country Music CDs make up 15% of all music sold.
vB5j TIL it only took just a little over a month before Silkroad was back up and online again after being shut down by the FBI last October.