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TIL Weaponizing weather is against the Geneva Convention.

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x6jA1 TIL At least ∼21% of the 8000 earthquakes larger than Mag 1.5 detected in the UK between 1970-2012 were human caused, most often linked to coal mining
wNe7 TIL a hacker was able to recreate the fingerprint of the German Defense Minister from a photograph. This is the same hacker who defeated Apple’s thumbprint verification within 24 hours of the release of the iPhone 5S.
PYnGJ TIL JFK refused to let Sammie Davis, Jr. to perform at the White House because Davis had married a white woman
e0eE TIL that 60 years ago, the idea of a politician soliciting campaign contributions was so frowned-upon that Nixon was very nearly kicked off the Republican ticket for doing it
7rpDZ TIL local ABC affiliates owned by Sinclair Media refused to air "Saving Private Ryan" when it was aired nationally on Veterans Day 2004. Sinclair judged that the movie was "obscene" because it "contains numerous unedited uses of the F-word".