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TIL that some American insurance companies employ private firefighter brigades to defend the properties of wealthy clients during wildfires.

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oRxp8 TIL Tucker Carlson's mother left him only $1 because she couldn't stand him
pKJb TIL Detroit once had a tourist attraction more popular than the Statue of Liberty. The Ford Rotunda was built for the 1934 World’s Fair and was the fifth most visited site in the U.S. before burning to the ground in 1962
Kn7G TIL Bob Marley’s song, Buffalo Soldier, refers to the name given to black troops by Native Americans, who thought black soldiers’ hair looked and felt like a buffalo’s pelt. Buffalo Soldiers settled railroad disputes, built and repaired forts, and protected settlers from Native American attacks.
9Gdp TIL snow is actually considered a mineral, along with naturally occurring ice. Water, however, is not a mineral.
WOj4 TIL that when the Apollo 11 astronauts returned from first walking on the moon, in accordance with the recently passed Extra-Terrestrial Exposure Law, the astronauts were placed in quarantine for fear that the Moon might contain undiscovered pathogens.