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TIL the world's first traffic light exploded killing a policeman

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m1JAx TIL the International Court of Justice could not conclusively decide whether a country may use nuclear weapons in self-defense if its survival is at stake.
BBve TIL That when when most of the population of Clipperton Island had died. The population was left with one man and 15 women and children. The man proceed to call himself king until he was killed by one of the women. Immediately after his death the survivors were rescued by the US Navy.
69RLw TIL During an interview with Stephen Hawking, the camera operator yanked a cable causing an alarm and Hawking to slump forward. Worried they had killed him, everyone rushed over to find Hawking giggling at his own joke. The alarm was from an office computer losing power.
Mele0 TIL about Tom Sachs. An autistic NYC-based sculptor who, when needing money, would use his art tools and scraps to make crude improvised firearms in his studio to sell in the NYPD Buyback programs for up to $300 apiece.
Dv1p TIL that Christopher Columbus was never painted. Therefore, every image that we have of him is a fake and only an assumption of what we think he looked like.