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TIL that the housing crisis in San Francisco is so bad that people who are paying rent, have jobs, and are able to afford their current rent, are being forced to evict by the landlords so they can sell the individual units as condos.

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JYYW1 TIL of Nauru. In 1980, the island nation was considered the wealthiest nation on the planet; in 2017, BusinessTech listed it as one of the five poorest countries in the world.
e0e0E TIL that the Pink Floyd pistol shrimp can make a sound thats 210 decibels by snapping the claw shut. Thats louder than a rocket launch. It uses the sound to kill small fish.
AD08l TIL that Edward Bulwer-Lytton, who came up with the term “The pen is mightier than the sword”, is also renowned for popularizing the “It was a dark and stormy night” opening line
E1DoX TIL that the BEANO T-13, a WWII impact grenade, was designed to emulate the size, weight, and grip of a baseball – allowing young American G.I.’s to throw it with distance and accuracy.
oR5l8 TIL of CANZUK, a proposed supranational alliance comprising of Canada, Australia, New Zealand & the UK