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TIL there is a law in Danville, PA that states that all fire hydrants must be checked one hour before all fires.

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rRgLw TIL the USS Wake was the only American ship that surrendered in WWII to the Japanese, who then gave it to their puppet Chinese regime. It was then recaptured by the Americans after WWII, given to the Nationalist Chinese, and then captured by Communist China.
BrEly TIL that the word oxymoron, is actually an oxymoron. Oxy is sharp, moron is dull.
woAkP TIL that in 1992, British actor Rowan Atkinson (as Mr. Bean) and singer Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden released "(I Want to Be) Elected," a cover of Alice Cooper's single "Elected," in support of the British charity Comic Relief.
vPX9B TIL about the star named “The Random Transiter”, considered one of the most mysterious stars in the galaxy, as it has 28 equal planet sized objects orbiting it in random ways
b6ZyZ TIL about alexithymia, a somewhat common but unstudied condition in which a person is unable to interpret their own emotions despite being able to function normally in every other way