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TIL during a 1994 blackout, LA residents called the police after seeing the Milky Way for the first time.

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7wlX TIL seven year old Erica Pratt was kidnapped around the same time fourteen year old Elizabeth Smart was abducted. Erica escaped her kidnappers by gnawing through the duct tape binding her wrists, smashing through the basement window, and walking home.
78oKM TIL in 1865, one of the first automobile laws in the UK imposed a 4mph speed limit and required someone to walk ahead of the vehicle waving a red flag
OQme TIL to be a London black cab driver, one is expected to know over 25,000 roads and 50,000 points of interest and pass a test called “The Knowledge”. To pass the exam, applicants usually need twelve appearances and 34 months of preparation.
b9RNQ TIL Instead of releasing the single that became his first no1, Elton John had wanted to release a sex song called Always on the Bonk. His label wouldn’t allow it.
x6XLw TIL in 2012 a former Wall Street trader committed suicide by cyanide pill in court after being convicted of arson for setting his house on fire for insurance.