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TIL New York City is actually rainier than London

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J1yYB TIL that Foot Locker is the successor and legal continuation of the famous Woolworth’s, one of the largest department store chains of the 1900s.
QJmMa TIL Japanese General Hitoshi Imamura was charged with and sentenced to 9 years for failing to control his subordinates as they committed war crimes against Australian troops. He thought that he got off too light so he reconstructed his cell in his yard and lived there for the reminder of his life.
RdD9 TIL An implant, that has reduced some epilepsy patients seizures by “half”, is heralded as the first major breakthrough in epilepsy, all while a form of medical cannabis processed into a marijuana extract that is high in CBD content that has reduced patients seizures to ZERO is buried in controversy
N7AeJ TIL it's politically complicated to officially name a pathogen or disease
wXE7 TIL that Florida passed a law requiring toddlers in state-run schools to listen to classical music every day, and in 1998 the governor of Georgia budgeted $105,000 per year to provide every child born in Georgia with a tape or CD of classical music.