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TIL the man who wrote the Patriot Act is on the Board of Directors of News Corp

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Jgy1 TIL that 6 of the 10 windiest US cities are in Massachusetts. And Chicago isn’t even in the top 100.
E1jA7 TIL that a small town in Michigan organizes betting each and every year on when a car will fall through lake ice. It's done for charity.
P1b4V TIL: DC Comics enraged “Fables” creator Bill Willingham so much that in 2023 he made the comic public domain and encouraged its use by creators, which effectively undermined the publisher's efforts to control the property. DC had published "Fables" for 20 years but Willingham retained copyright.
GY6eG TIL that the irukandji jellyfish is probably the smallest jellyfish, and the most venomous thing on earth.
QJweL TIL that when the British East India Company subjugated India, they had just 35 staff members