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TIL that an early iteration of Joy Division once fired their drummer by pulling over their van, asking him to get out & check on a flat tire, then driving away

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E1ZkV TIL that in 1755 a massive earthquake hit Lisbon, Portugal on a major Catholic holiday, destroying the city's churches while sparing its brothels. Tens of thousands of worshipers were killed. The event profoundly shook the belief in a merciful god and the power of the church across Europe.
9Y78M TIL that there is a city in GA called Santa Claus with Christmas-themed street names
Wkd79 TIL a 2007 study of the 1918 Flu in American cities showed relaxing social distancing too early could result in a reversal of a declining infection rate called a double-peaked epidemic.
PKoE TIL the CIA used “weather modification” as a tactical weapon by increasing rains(cloud seeding) over Vietnam during the Vietnam War in order to slow Vietnamese military activity in the region.
JYJmB TIL that while Australia and New Zealand commemorates ANZAC Day, each year on 25 April Italy commemorates the end of Nazi occupation during World War II and the victory of the Resistance in Italy