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TIL that a man arrested for getting naked at the Portland, OR airport was acquitted of indecent exposure charges because he convinced a judge it was a form of protest.

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n5XW TIL Tadeusz Kosciuszko, a Polish war hero who helped win the American Revolutionary War, left his property in the USA to be sold to educate and free Thomas Jefferson’s and other slaves. As executor, Jefferson never acted on the will and no slaves were freed.
5YloR TIL that Hangul, the Korean alphabet is considered to be the most logical alphabet in the world, partly because the shapes of its consonants mimic the shapes of the speaker's mouth when pronouncing each consonant
nWvao TIL That there is a nameless isle within Victoria Island in Canada’s Nunavut Territory that is an island-in-a-lake-on-an-island-in-a-lake-on-an-island
mx9lx TIL: In the UK, the right hand controls the front brake on a bicycle. In the rest of Europe and the U.S., left hand controls the front brake.
GBwN TIL That the Soul Asylum music video “Runaway Train” had 3 versions in US featuring info on 36 missing children (36 total or 12 per video), 26 children were found after being featured in the video.