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TIL the fog that covers San Fransisco has a name, Karl. It has Twitter and Instagram accounts, each with a couple hundred thousand followers.

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6EddY TIL - A Red Alert to Humanity - "If the tech is free, you are the product."
ADrJg TIL that in 1806 Andrew Jackson challenged a man to a duel after he made fun of his wife and wrote a letter to a newspaper calling him a "coward". Jackson ended up winning but got shot in the chest, and as a result had a bullet stuck near his heart for the rest of his life.
EJLP TIL: That the Honolulu Police Departments police cruisers are required to have their blue steady lights on when they are on duty to so people are aware where police officers are.
D1Wg TIL on August 20th, 1191, during the Third Crusade, Richard the Lionhearted’s Christian Army had the Muslim-held city of Acre surrounded. When the besieged could not meet the gold payment for terms of surrender, Richard’s army slaughtered 3000+ bound prisoners in full view of the opposing army.
4XKba TIL that in 1719, Parisian prisoners were offered to be set free if they married a prostitute and moved to Louisiana.