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TIL Detroit’s tourism slogan is “Enjoy the D”

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DaYV TIL HDMI is a company, and charges Royalties for implementing their technology
eOPg TIL Michael Jackson wanted to do a Harry Potter musical but J.K. Rowling said no.
P19EL TIL about the forced expulsion of the Chagossians, when the UK, at the request of the US, began expelling the native inhabitants of the Chagos Archipelago in 1968. The entire population of the Chagos was removed to Mauritius and the Seychelles by 1973
R5rX7 TIL that in 1989 after being threatened by the Crips gang a US Army Ranger called in 12 other Rangers to help him and the result was a 30 minute gun battle with hundreds of rounds fired.
W7ro9 TIL Kerosene fueled cook stoves cooked food using technology based on kerosene lamps. Over 3 million US homes had such stove in 1922