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TIL A Single Nuclear Bomb over Kansas Could Cause An EMP Over All of the Continental US

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1LvD TIL Dweezil Zappa, Frank Zappa’s son, is being sued by his father’s estate in a trademark dispute for using the Zappa name.
nnYb TIL that Thankgiving and Hanukkah, which overlap this year, will not coincide again until the year 79811.
negE9 TIL during Taylor Swift’s boycott of Spotify, her hit “I Knew You Were Trouble” was on the site, credited to the Welsh band lostprophets. The band is now infamous for their frontman being a convicted pedophile.
0d6OM TIL That The Jones Act of 1920 Decimated Movement of Goods on US Waterways (The Cheapest Regional Method By 10x)
J1m6l TIL that the many places in the Philippines that are named "Blumentritt" are named after Austrian teacher Ferdinand Blumentritt, a close friend of national hero Jose Rizal.