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TIL that there is a siren for the Holocaust Remembrance Day that literally stops everyone in their tracks

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xVG0b TIL that Baltimore has a higher murder rate than Honduras or El Salvador, and 10% of the population is addicted to heroin
xeQ7 TIL: That smacking a piece of equipment to make it work sometimes has a scientific basis due to “dithering.”
Bpnd TIL Jackie Kennedy wore her blood-splattered pink Chanel suit for the rest of the day after JFK’s assassination. When asked to change her outfit, she replied “I want them to see what they have done to Jack.”
ADEPx TIL in 1959 Alfred Hitchcock was approached to direct the first James Bond movie. However, he did not want to make another spy thriller right after "North by Northwest", and instead started working on "Psycho".
J1l8j TIL that Las Vegas people originated in 8000 BCE and were among the earliest farmers in the Americas