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0pXA TIL That the Beastie Boys first album was hardcore punk rock, and that after Mike D appeared on stage with a VW emblem attached to a large chain worn as a necklace, it started a rash of thefts of VW hood ornaments because of fans trying to emulate him.
GYYL7 TIL Humans kill more than 100 million sharks every year, which is about 11,000 per hour. Biologically, sharks simply can't keep up with the current rate of exploitation and demand.
OoER6 TIL Hiroshima's national flower is the red Canna(Oleandor) Glower, as it was the first type of flower to grow nearly 75 years after the atomic bombing.
xV4b0 TIL that the seminole wars began because assimilated seminoles were harboring self liberators who took refuge in florida (page 3)!
60MX TIL that homeless children in Miami in the 1990s developed an elaborate folk mythology that was spread by oral tradition.