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TIL the launching mechanism on an aircraft carrier could throw a pickup truck over a mile

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NZAP TIL there was an experiment done on Caucasian 3rd graders in 1968 called the “blue-eyed/brown-eyed” exercise which segregated the children by eye color. The exercise was held the day after Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination with the purpose of teaching students the effects of being a minority.
Bg7lL TIL Labi Siffre denied Dr Dre the rights to use his sample on Eminem's "My Name Is" until homophobic and sexist lyrics were removed. In an interview, he said "Dissing the victims of bigotry – women as bitches, homosexuals as faggots – is lazy writing. Diss the bigots not their victims."
vrex TIL: That Charles Lindbergh infant son was kidnapped and murdered and later was identified by a deformity on his foot, the murderer was executed by electric chair, and claimed his innocence throughout his sentence.
KBpR TIL Steve Austin’s ex wife had a gag order put on her by WWE so she wouldn’t reveal that Steve Austin beat her up 3 times as it would cost WWE millions of dollars.
R7rj7 TIL there are 27.6 meth labs in Missouri for every 100,000 residents