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TIL Lawrence, Ks put in donation meters to support the homeless, discourage panhandling

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Brkly TIL while trying to make a point about how difficult it is for new writers to be published, English author and Nobel laureate Doris Lessing submitted two novels, "The Diary of a Good Neighbour" and "If the Old Could", to her publisher in the UK under the penname Jane Somers - and both were rejected
lrJB TIL Brian Wilson, co-founder of the Beach Boys, was quoted saying “Once you’ve been labeled a genius, you have to continue it or your name becomes mud. I am a victim of the recording industry. I didn’t think I was a genius. I thought I had talent. But I didn’t think I was a genius.”
AD6QB TIL that the 'Thin Blue Line' is supposed to be Law Enforcement standing between us and chaos. I always thought it was symbolizing the line between 'Us and Them' but the supposed meaning seems ironic given the last few days events.
6EQRX Til that the cargo hold of the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is one foot longer than the entire length of the first powered flight by the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk.
DRpg TIL Germany’s World War II invasion of France was aided by crystal meth. New research says tablets of the stimulant enabled German troops to stay awake for three days and three nights and push through the Ardennes mountains.