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TIL that Jerry Springer was once mayor of Cincinnati, OH.

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v5xB TIL James Huberty went on a massacre in a McDonalds after waiting several hours for a mental health clinic to call him back. He killed 21 people, including children, before a police sniper was able to kill him. Upon leaving the house, his wife asked where he was going. He said “going hunting humans”
6Jm7 TIL that the most decorated American unit in WWII was the 442nd, an almost exclusively Japanese-American infantry regiment
4XJYa TIL there is something called Godwin's Law, it states the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer.
11wd TIL a “rainmaker” was hired in 1916 to end a drought in San Diego. He was so successful he flooded the city, killing 50. Turns out he had likely developed an early form of cloud seeding.
jNLAN TIL that blood comes in a rainbow of colors