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TIL if you are an American who finds bird shit on an island not under another countries’ jurisdiction, you may claim that island for America.

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4kXLJ TIL the backing vocal chorus of CPL 593H in Roxy Music’s Re-Make/Re-Model refers to the number plate of a car that Bryan Ferry saw, with a pretty driver
WkrJB TIL the torch of the statue of liberty was closed on July 30, 1916, due to the Black Tom Explosion in the New York Harbor. It was a sabotage mission by the Germans during WWI.
ANOjx Today I learned that the Goosebumps series of novels was originally aimed at girls.
YDgr TIL a high school teacher made a tumblr about stupid things high schoolers write in essays
PNGE TIL there’s a 37% chance that the Cascadia fault will produce an earthquake within in the next 50 years powerful enough to destroy the Pacific NW.