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TIL the Soviets helped foster conspiracy theories around JFK's death in order to sway public opinion away from the US government

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OOM7 TIL shortly after a woman made up a fake Facebook profile to speak with her troubled 19yo niece, the niece asked the fictional boy to murder her Aunt, her Aunt’s fiance, her cousin, and the family dog
p8Wmb TIL that a 'creole' is a stable language developed from mixing other languages together suddenly (no, not just French/English - any pair of languages), while a 'pidgin' is simplified bridging language between two languages.
GYk6j TIL that Samoa never had a December 30, 2011 because they moved from the eastern side of the international dateline to the western side on December 29, therefore skipping a day. Employers were still required to pay their staff for December 30 even though it never existed.
b6pE9 TIL that Chicago--AKA "The Windy City"--is not even in the top 11 windiest cities in America and isn't even especially windy.
VMd8B TIL salt mines are used for storage because of their lots of space, low humidity (45%), and low risk of fires. E.g. in Kansas.