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TIL After Hurricane Katrina, residents would decorate their refrigerators. The "Katrina Refrigerator," which was taped shut and left on the curb, became a community source of graffiti, art, political and creative expression.

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5YG1k TIL that Bramble, one of the longest living dogs ever (more than 27 years), was fed a vegan diet
P1WAZ TIL about KLM airline deciding the best way to handle a consignment of ground squirrels with incorrect import paperwork was to throw them alive into a shredder they had ready for just such an eventuality
J1AJv TIL the "Red Phone", which linked Washington to Moscow wasn't red, or even a phone. It was teletype when the system started in 1963, switched to fax in 1986, and secure email since 2008.
l11K TIL Denzel Washington subjected himself to being waterboarded for his role in the film, “Safe House”
XWMD TIL Jerusalem has been destroyed twice, besieged 23 times, attacked 52 times, and captured and recaptured 44 times.