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TIL that in a small town in california, a dog ran for mayor and won

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4XXMg TIL in 1695 six pirate captains banded together to capture the Ganj-i-Sawal, a Mughal treasure ship. They are believed have seized as much as £600,000 (approximately $121 million in today's currency), possibly the most from any single ship in history, as well as a relative of the Mughal Emperor.
VR9p TIL There is a condition where two people can share the same hallucinations
b95vN TIL A Fammagenitus Cloud (aka Fire Cloud) which can be created by a wildfire, can put out that same wildfire but if it grows into a Cumulonimbus Cloud, it may create lightening and start another fire.
YYdB TIL a man spent 12 years trapped inside his body watching ‘Barney’ reruns
1aEr7 TIL a weird 'Boomerang' earthquake detected under the Atlantic Ocean. The temblor shot eastward across a deep gash in th seafloor, and then zipped back to where it started at incredible speeds. It moved so fast it created the geologic version of a sonic boom.