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TIL that police in Belfast, Northern Ireland used music from ice cream van to calm angry teen rioters.

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xVnJg TIL Physicist Freeman Dyson, who died in late February, was the first to propose advanced aliens would likely build "Dyson Spheres" around their home stars, which are giant shells that capture most of a star's energy to help power an entire interplanetary civilization.
K1oB TIL in 2006 Florida voters passed a Constitutional Amendment to raise the percent needed to pass a Constitutional amendment to 60% from 50%. That 2006 amendment passed with 57%, requiring all future amendments to get to 60% to pass.
kO49d TIL that after the Gulf War, American fast food companies began aggressive marketing and expansion in Kuwait. Today Kuwait is the fattest country in the world, with over 70% of the population being overweight or obese.
yE9a TIL that not only did Conan O'Brien graduate Harvard, his father is a Harvard Medical School professor.
P1YjV TIL France charges tire manufacturers a tax of about $1 per tire to pay for tire recycling. The penalty for non payment is $8,000 per tire. This is how you recycle.