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TIL of 'Sea-lioning' - a type of trolling or harassment which consists of pursuing people with persistent requests for evidence or repeated questions, while maintaining a pretense of civility and sincerity

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W81N TIL about the lake peigne urban disaster in Louisiana, in which an oil drill broke through into a salt mine and caused a whirlpool that swallowed the whole lake and part of an island
nEn7 TIL The Unabomber agreed to stop planting bombs, if his Manifesto was published in a major newspaper. When Penthouse agreed to publish it, he changed his terms such that he would be allowed to plant one more bomb, because he thought so little of the magazine.
bJK7 TIL that Jadwiga of Poland (d. 1399) was a female king. Polish law had no provision for a female ruler (queen regnant), but did not specify that kings had to be male.
OBQ6 TIL There is a park that turns into a lake.
4krrw TIL that the French waved the white flag as a symbol of military command.