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TIL Einstein wasn’t an atheist but believed in the God of Spinoza

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OoVea TIL in 1914 the Puerto Rican Congress Voted Unanimously for Independence from the US; the US Government Ignored the Vote
OG1ML TIL many fire departments color-code fire hydrant tops/caps to show water flow capacity (blue = 1,500+ GPM, green = 1,000–1,499, orange = 500–999, red = under 500).
D1MZv TIL: The number of nuclear weapons in the world is actually down from 70,000 in 1986 to around 14,000 today
epD9L TIL TV stations used to shut down for the night
789DZ TIL that 'Forever Autumn' from Jeff Wayne's 'Musical Version of The War of the Worlds' album was actually based on a LEGO jingle he wrote in 1969.