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TIL that the first patent for the invention of the fire hydrant was destroyed in a fire.

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8akEa TIL A British border agent was fired after he added his wife to the no fly list while she was visiting family, stranding her in Pakistan for 3 years
VBopD TIL that mosquitos can be a nuisance for everyone but not for the people in Iceland. Simply because they don't exist there:
DQEgP Today I learned that from 1972 to 1994 the Office of Technology Assesment existed and functioned similarly to the FDA until it was defunded.
EE1X TIL that HBO passed up “The Walking Dead” because it was “too violent.” They also passed up “Breaking Bad” and “Mad Men.”
VBlvB TIL of "Earthquake diplomacy" between Turkey and Greece which was initiated after successive earthquakes hit both countries in the summer of 1999. Since then both countries help each other in case of an earthquake no matter how their relations are.