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TIL i learned that Finland has the cleanest air in the world by country

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gMJ4L TIL that Bank of America was originally founded as Bank of Italy, in America.
1aYld TIL Roy Orbison wrote the biggest hit of his career after asking his first wife, Claudette, if she needed cash for the market. His writing partner interjected “pretty women don’t need money.” As Orbison watched Claudette go to the market by “walking down the street”, he wrote “Oh, Pretty Woman.”
RYM4 Beverly Hills sits atop an oil field with nearly 100 active wells, many disguised as buildings, producing ~1 million barrels/year
0dgEA TIL physicist Walter Jaeger was trying to invent a sensor to detect poison gas. He expected the gas to alter the sensor's electric current but it did not. Frustrated, he lit a cigarette and was surprised to see smoke altered the current. This discovery led to the creation of the modern smoke alarm.
0wJZA TIL that in May 1620, southern Germany experienced arctic temperatures and so 900 men and women were accused and executed for witchcraft as scapegoats for the change in temperatures.