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TIL the saying “once in a blue moon” refers to a real measurement of time.

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wED6 TIL that pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
JYPal TIL the day World War II started in 1939, BBC ceased all television broadcasts. They later resumed them in 1945, restarting at the same spot when it had been cut off - during a Mickey Mouse cartoon
wmw8 TIL there are 24 times more empty houses in the United States than homeless people.
16Qkd TIL about the "Bell Island Boom." In 1978, a mysterious and extremely loud explosion occurred in Bell Island, Canada. The blast was audible from up to 100km away, and the energy released was so powerful that the Vela Satelites used by the US Govt to detect nuclear explosions, detected the event.
4O1o TIL On the LEGO model of the Back to the Future time machine, the destination date is set to Jan. 28, 1958, the patent date for the 1st LEGO brick.