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TIL that two Undercover Agents repeatedly tried to buy marijuana at the Lagunitas Brewing company taproom, but were unable to make any busts as generous patron’s kept trying to give them the drugs for free.

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BgJRW TIL that U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, known as a prankster, liked to frighten visitors to his ranch in Johnson City, Texas, by leading them on a raid in his Amphicar, directly into the lake on his property, while shouting that its brakes were malfunctioning.
YBDB TIL that 80% of black smokers smoke menthols
pYdLA TIL that HM Prison Shepton Mallet (UK) was used by the American military 1942 to 1945. At the end of 1944 there were 768 soldiers imprisoned. 18 were executed at the prison: sixteen were hanged and two were shot by a firing squad. 10 of the 18 men executed there were black and three were Hispanic.
wxdP TIL India has 29 languages with at least one million native speakers each
RoR9 TIL in 1959 the USPS attempted to deliver mail via cruise missile and successfully shipped 3,000 pieces of mail from Virginia to Florida in 22 minutes.