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TIL In 1943 smog formed so suddenly and severely in the Los Angeles area that residents believed they were being attacked by Japanese chemical weapons

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M7LV0 TIL the Shoebill Stork’s scientific name is Balaeniceps Rex, which means Whalehead King.
5YG7D TIL that the German national anthem's first verse (no longer sung on official occasions) mentions 3 rivers and a strait, all of which exist entirely outside the current borders of Germany.
yQeNX TIL Mill workers in Manchester, England refused to touch slave-picked cotton during the US Civil War. Lincoln wrote a letter of thanks, and relief shipments were sent to the workers. Today, a statue of Lincoln stands in Manchester's Lincoln Square
rN7ad TIL of Gödel's Loophole, an "inner contradiction" in the Constitution of the United States which would permit the American democracy to be legally turned into a dictatorship.
yGav TIL Chattanooga, Tennessee has broadband internet that is 200 times faster than the national average in the US.