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TIL that property developers have figured out that giving artists temporary housing/workspaces is a first step to making an area more profitable. Once gentrification sets in, the artists are booted out. It’s called “artwashing”.

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4XYyw TIL that, after a virgin drowned at sea in S. Korea, fishermen weren't able to catch fish anymore. But the fish came back after fishermen exposed their penises to the sea and built several giant wooden statues near the sea to appease the dead virgin's spirit. The place is a tourist spot now
dxar TIL that MLK’s mother was herself assassinated shortly before the evidentiary hearing for James Earl Ray, who the King family believes is innocent.
Me9yA TIL Before becoming a successful comedian, Ricky Gervais tried to make it as a musician. This is his new-wave band "Seona Dancing" in the 1980s.
8aLGa TIL during Operation Desert Storm in Kuwait, 1991: a french Jaguars unit made a low-pass raid over Al-Jabr in the middle of Iraqi stronghold anti-aircraft fire, one pilot took a bullet on his head, 2 others were hit with reactor on fire, and all came back safe to the base.
OEgX TIL that dimples are in fact genetic defects, as muscles grow incorrectly and leave a gap between them.