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TIL The Importance Of Fire Safety

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KOpQJ TIL that the term "420" was coined by five students in 1971 at San Rafael High School to signal a meetup at 4:20 p.m. by the campus’ statue of chemist Louis Pasteur to take a hit.They chose that specific time because extracurricular activities had usually ended by then.
GYwX1 TIL the Property Brothers have a music career, but they go by the Scott Brothers.
PYLWO TIL Andre 3000 recorded all the vocals for the hit Outkast song "Hey Ya!" Off the top of his head. He also recorded 30-40 takes of each line. His recording engineer said that there about 20 different versions of the song recorded during their sessions together.
MWm0 TIL in WWII the Japanese decrypted a British message to London complaining about the weak state of “Fortress Singapore”, a key British base. It was so frank in its admission of weakness that they suspected it was a plant, believing no officer would be so open in admitting weakness to his superiors.
mxa6p TIL Amherstburg Freedom Museum in Ontario preserves and presents artifacts of African-Canadians, many of whose ancestors had entered Canada from United States. They found it relatively easy to enter Canada from across the Detroit River