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TIL that J. W. Westcott II Is The Only Floating Post Office In The US

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pY5MQ TIL: New York had a secret CIA base disguised as a ‘different Federal institution’. It was in the World Trade Centre tower 7 that fell on 9/11
0wOmv TIL There are too many fossil-fuel power plants to meet climate goal of 1.5 C.
1axm8 TIL that the hit Paul Anka song My Way recorded by Frank Sinatra '69 and later Elvis Presley '73 was copied note for note from a French song Comme d'habitude(As Usual) by Claude François '67 with the lyrics completely changed from the original love song.
d57Q TIL Plato believes that people acquire knowledge of geometry before we were born, as we do not acquire the basic truths of math and science through observation so therefore our souls must have lived in a perfect universe before birth
0wg6v TIL the murderer Dr. Crippen fled to Quebec from London in 1910 after being investigated for the murder of his wife. The Chief Inspector of the case Walter Dew was alerted and reached Quebec before Crippen. Dew greeted Crippen as he got off of his ship and promptly arrested him.