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TIL that the father of Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat and Fugazi singer) was in the presidential motorcade when JFK was assassinated

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P1OMe Today I learned a pole with a orange sock is called a wind sock. It tells you the direction the wind is coming from
BN8y TIL that Stephen Colbert was on season one of Whose Line is it Anyway. And he played a newscaster
GZ75 TIL that dangerous highways in Korea play a melody only when a car is travelling the speed limit, successfully preventing accidents by keeping people awake and encouraging them to travel at a safe speed.
XE44k TIL that hidden camera porn is so pervasive in South Korea that the authorities in Seoul have established a squad of investigators tasked with inspecting public bathrooms for hidden cameras.
8aXKV TIL a man’s mother was murdered by a hitchhiker whom he’d encountered that very same evening. He’d seen him in the vicinity of his home before finding his mother’s body, and told the police the hitchhiker was the culprit. They didn’t believe him until they found evidence supporting his story.