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TIL The blinking light atop the Capitol Records Tower spells out the word “Hollywood” in Morse code, and has done so since the building’s opening in 1956.

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KPRQ TIL a school was locked down and a student was arrested when the secretary rang a student who’s voicemail greeting was the “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” theme song and she misheard “shooting people out side of school”
r7B4 TIL that the FBI used ‘an effective, time-tested process’ to internally address shooting incidents and concluded themselves faultless in 150 shootings.
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