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TIL you can Street View around the Old City in Jerusalem

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W7r4B TIL that in 1998, celebrity chef Gino D'Acampo broke into singer Paul Young's house and served 2 years in prison as a result. Years later he called Young to apologize; Young accepted the apology and suggested D'Acampo invite him to his new restaurant to make it up to him.
X0e1E TIL the Tolkien Estate sued Dungeons & Dragons for using the words dragon, dwarf, elf, ent, goblin, hobbit, orc, balrog, and warg. As a result, all but hobbit, ent, and balrog were ruled as public domain.
R5eWj TIL some ants explode to protect their colony. Certain ants, like Camponotus saundersi, can self-destruct by rupturing their bodies, releasing a sticky, toxic substance to deter predators.
JYLMk TIL Lin-Manuel Miranda’s High-School Bully Was Rapper Immortal Technique
VMxPk TIL that there is a recurring provision prohibiting a redesign of the $1 bill. This is done to dissuade calls to change the bill and because of the cost to the vending machine industry