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TIL that in 1906 Harry Miles made a film documenting San Francisco city life. The Earthquake struck four days later and destroyed many of the buildings in the film.

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mpeo TIL that when Bono was 14, his mother died at her father’s funeral

0dZJ1 TIL according to the singer Meat Loaf (born Marvin Lee Aday), when he was born his father thought looked like “nine-and-a-half pounds of ground chuck” and nicknamed him "Meat". Years later, when he was a heavyset teenage football player, the players and coaches expanded the name to "Meat Loaf".

gvA7 TIL the ‘Department of Defense Excess Property Program’, hands out over $500M worth of free surplus military-grade weaponry to state and local law enforcement each year, militarizing hundreds of jurisdictions a year.

eeEL TIL that our universe might be the event horizon of a 4 dimensional black hole

9Y0kr TIL the UK has the healthiest teeth in the world