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TIL that flashing lights in the sky during a seismic event called “earthquake lights” are a thing

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J1jPm TIL Melvin Williams played The Deacon on The Wire and Williams criminal history as a Baltimore drug kingpin inspired much of the series. After his release from prison Williams became a community activist.
m1YGy TIL of the SS Warrimoo, a ship that claims to have crossed the intersection of the International Date Line and the Equator precisely at the turn of the year from 1899 to 1900.
788Ox TIL that an FBI informant secretly wore a wire to breakfast with a city official suspected of bribery, and met the suspect at the WTC Marriott. In the middle of getting a confession, the informant ends up making what is believed to be the only uninterrupted audio recording of the Sept. 11 attack.
b0oN TIL: In 2008, A Bank Robber Used Craigslist to Hire Decoys to Confuse Police Responding to the Crime
9rR7 TIL that during the German Invasion of Poland, 720 Poles defended their position against over 40.000 attacking Germans, stopping their advance for three days