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TIL Dr Pepper Was Once a Warm Drink

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v1gJj TIL of spray paint on sidewalks called “utility graffiti,” which uses colors and symbols to identify pipes and wires underground. Marking the ground wasn’t standard until 1976, when a dig in Los Angeles punctured a gas line and created a “wall of fire” that killed 9 people and destroyed 7 buildings.
yVXYl TIL Hemingway was three months sober when he killed himself in 1961
D1E0Y TIL of William A. Jackson, a former slave who had served Jefferson Davis. He routinely observed communications between Davis and other Confederate officials. When he fled north in 1861, he gave the Union detailed information about Confederate military deployments, supply issues, and planning.
VykD TIL In the high desert of northwestern Nevada lies the McFurthest spot of the continental United States. The spot furthest away from any McDonalds restaurant, 115 miles as the crow flies.
M7ey8 TIL that Ira Einhorn, an activist who helped establish Earth Day, also killed his ex-girlfriend in 1977 and composted her corpse in his apartment for 18 months.