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TIL about “paper streets” that exist on maps, but were either planned and not constructed, or can be deliberately included in published maps as trap streets, forming a copyright trap.

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aMvZ TIL Tupac’s grandma Assata Shakur was the first female to be put on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist List and is currently hiding out in Cuba.
gNE4 TIL that despite both being great composers, and living 80 miles apart (and never meeting each other) both Bach and Handel were blinded by the same Doctor.
e0GAJ TIL that there were kamikaze torpedo/submarines called 'Kaiten' used by the Japanese at the end of WW2. They were fast, silent, made no bubbles, and contained 1.44 tons of TNT in the tip.
dD7rj TIL while on trial for corruption Gayus Tambunan, an Indonesian tax official, bribed his way out of prison 68 times. One of these times he took a flight to Bali to watch a tennis match where he was immediately recognized despite his poor attempt at a disguise.
LZ40 TIL that the concept and word “trinity” is nowhere to be found in the Bible and was developed by church fathers in the 4th and 5th centuries