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TIL a high school student posted a photo of dirty water coming from her school's bathroom sink online, a problem administrators had long ignored. The social media backlash caused the school to send a plumber out "right away," but she got a 3-day suspension for "inappropriate use of electronics."

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5YpbD TIL that use of the word "road" for a fixed land route started at the end of the 16th century, with Shakespeare the first known user. Because of that, there are no roads in the "City of London" (London's medieval core): all the ways there had been named before the word came into the English language
wL971 TIL of Princess Pingyang. At age 28, she built & led a rebel army that won the 1st victories of her father's rebellion and helped found their dynasty: the Tang. When she died in 628 AD her brother, Emperor Gaozu, went against gender norms of his day and insisted a state military funeral for her.
WkwLX TIL that the US Army is unable to account for roughly $6.5 trillion worth of transactions between 1999 and 2015 and the number is still growing.
kONNm TIL that in 1939 the London zoo killed all it's venomous animals to avoid releasing dangerous animals into the city in the event that the zoo was bombed.
bEpZ TIL Rage Against The Machine was told to censor their song, “Killing In The Name” when playing it live on the BBC. They started out censoring it, but towards the end of the song “Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me!” was repeated 5 times live before the BBC shut off the broadcast.