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TIL of the Watts Rebellion in 1965 that took place over 6 days due to civil rights abuses by LAPD, resulting in 34 deaths, over 1,000 injuries, nearly 4,000 arrests, and $40 million property damage.

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Meabb TIL that squid fishers off the coast of Argentina use such enormous lights to attract squid that it shows up as brighter from space than most cities at night
VMYD8 TIL of two boys from Ireland that in 1985 managed to to sneak on to 2 trains, a ferry and a plane taking them from Dublin Ireland, through Wales and England eventually ending up in New York City
O6P1 TIL: In order to teach at University of Phoenix, you must have a degree from a regionally accredited university, which UOP is not. Thus, they do not accept graduates of their own school as professors.
o7mA TIL that there’s a biological reason why we generally hate the sound of our own voice. We hear our own voices as higher-pitched, so we are surprised to hear a recording that sounds lower than what we’ve learned to expect.
loVM7 TIL Grant Imahara designed and built a robot for the Late Late show with Craig Fergusen: