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TIL Walmart sells guns in the US

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6ErV8 TIL that the Danish astronomer who demonstrated light has a speed, invented a precursor to the Fahrenheit scale, and invented the mercury thermometer... also ran the police force in Copenhagen and fired all the officers because morale was low.
OkE1 TIL rappers Puff Daddy and Heavy D hosted an AIDS benefit in NYC in 1991. Unfortunately, overselling the event led to a stampede in which nine people died.
9wrR6 TIL that while Florida accounts for 9% of America’s insurance claims, it accounts for 79% of the nation’s home insurance lawsuits.
pYmb TIL Coolio wrote a book called “Cookin’ With Coolio” including the chapters “SaladEatin Bitches,” “Appetizers for That Ass,” and “It’s Hard Out Here for a Shrimp.”
awgV9 TIL that after arresting a man for blowing up an airplane federal agents learned that it was not in fact a federal crime to blow up an airplane. Colorado instead charged the man for the single murder of his mother, a passenger on the plane.