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TIL There are secret poems written on Boston’s sidewalks that are only visible when it rains.

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NXA8N TIL in 2015 a plane crashed into the home of the neighbors of Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney in Plainville, Massachusetts. Three people died in the crash.
Dv9D TIL less than 5% of current deforestation in the Amazon is due to logging. The majority is for cattle ranching.
wGbM TIL That President Kennedy promised to “end housing discrimination with a stroke of the pen” when he got in to office; when he didn’t do so, Civil Rights groups sent thousands of pens to the White House in protest.
Kmn4 TIL in 1989, there was a video game called “Holy Diver” developed in Japan but never released in America. The year is 666, and Randy, son of 16th Crimson Emperor Ronnie and raised by his faithful servant Ozzy has to defeat the Black Slayer.
kJx5W TIL:Iin 2001, the eponymous 'Girl from Ipanema' (Heloísa Pinheiro) wanted to capitalize on the famous song by naming her boutique 'Garota de Ipanema', and was subsequently sued by the song's copyright holders.