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TIL of The Waffle House Index, An Informal Scale Used By The United States Government To Determine Severity of Storms Based on Opening/Closing of Waffle Houses

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X060j TIL some U.S. police departments have adopted policies of rejecting new applicants if they score too high on their IQ tests
Z8AjD TIL If you are born over the United States, in a foreign plane with foreign parents, you can still claim U.S. citizenship
xGr1 TIL that Leland Stanford had the privilege of driving the Golden Spike that completed the Transcontinental Railroad. Stanford had never used a sledgehammer, and he missed the spike.
VbXk TIL in Islamic mythology, “houris” is commonly translated as the virgins promised to men after they fulfill their martyrdom. However, some scholars argue that this word has been mistranslated and really means white raisins.
mxkQE TIL CapriSun is named after the Italian island Capri, where the sun shines almost whole year.