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xVl5k TIL in 'The Shawshank Redemption', Red was serving a life sentence for three murders. He killed his wife by cutting the brake cables on her car. The resulting crash also killed a neighbor and their child.
0Yyy TIL that in the Articles of Confederation, Canada was invited to join the United States should it seek independence. This applied only to Canada unless nine states said otherwise.
gwG7 TIL The first air-to-air combat attempts were made by throwing bricks and grenades from plane to plane during WWI.