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TIL Missouri is the cruel Puppy Mill Factory capital of the U.S.

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e4jL TIL The Soviet Union allowed theaters to play The Grapes of Wrath because of its depiction of the plight of the poor under capitalism, but it was later withdrawn because Russian audiences were amazed that even the poorest Americans could afford a car.
Vr9Q TIL that in the mid-1980’s the Soviet KGB launched “Operation INFEKTION,” aimed at making people believe that the United States invented HIV.
QN97M TIL about the "Battle Of The Beams", a period in WW2 when the Luftwaffe used a number of increasingly accurate systems of radio navigation for night bombing, and the British fought back with a variety of their own increasingly effective means, involving jamming and deception signals.
06Kj TIL in 1998 the remains of six children and four adults were discovered hidden below the former home of Benjamin Franklin. According to The Times most of the bones appeared sawed or cut, and one skull had many holes drilled in it.
lBjB TIL Alan Tudyk was the voice King Candy in Wreck-it-Ralph and Sonny from I, Robot.