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TIL: California was building a desalination plant (makes ocean water drinkable) during a 7 year drought but stopped when it started raining again.

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oal7 TIL that French Sprinter Christophe Lemaitre was invited to join the KKK after becoming the first non-black sprinter to run the 100 meters in under 10 seconds
ADQRo TIL False news travels faster than true stories on Twitter
ZvYY TIL that on the 1995 VHS release of “The Santa Clause” Tim Allen makes a joke about a phone sex hotline. This line was removed from the movie after a child racked up a $400 phone bill.
Lkror TIL that on Halloween in Alaska Moose living near inhabited areas, such as Anchorage, feast on jack-o-lanterns in peoples front yards. State regulations prohibit the feeding of certain animals, including Moose, so if one is seen by enforcement agents snacking in your yard, you will receive a fine.
p8xn8 TIL The Concordat between the Holy See and the German Reich, negotiated between the Nazi government and Pope Pius XI, is still in force as of 2020.