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TIL about the residents of a neighborhood complaining of mysterious ailments from a new cell phone tower. During a meeting the owner revealed that the tower had been off for over a month. Residents didn’t show up to the followup meeting

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jZZp TIL the woman who claimed “all sex is rape” was married to a gay man for 30 years.
D11KJ TIL the worst maritime disaster in US history was Steamboat Sultana, where 1192 souls perished after its boilers exploded just outside Memphis. Not very many people heard about it since news coverage focused on the killing of John Wilkes Booth the previous day.
691E8 TIL O.J Simpson did an interview with Judith Regan where he confessed to the murders in detail
jNM1X TIL that in 1993, comic For Better or For Worse ran a story about a gay character coming out to his parents. It was criticized by hundreds of fans, over 100 newspapers cancelled the strip over it, and even parts of the gay community were against it.
NQk1 TIL: Yasuke, a 16th century African who traveled to Japan as a slave, caused such a sensation that a powerful warlord wished to see him. He thought his black skin was paint and ordered it to be scrubbed. However, they became friends and Yasuke was later given the prestigious rank of Samurai.