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

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wL4QJ Today I learned that “blue” didn’t exist in ancient times (e.g. it’s rarely used in the Bible, not used in the Iliad), and that in most languages “blue” is typically the last color word that evolves (red is usually first).
boR7 TIL Calvin Coolidge was so unknown as Vice President that when Major League Baseball sent him complimentary tickets they misspelled his name.
Mej8K TIL when Python Lee Jackson first released "In a Broken Dream", their single with Rod Stewart vocals, in 1970, the song failed to chart. But when they re-released the song in 1972, after Stewart became a star, the song reached #3 on the UK single chart.
QJaR9 TIL that nearly half of Twitter accounts pushing to reopen America are bots
kJYB5 TIL Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas share the same birthday, 25 years apart, and they are married to each other