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TIL that the Joint Chiefs of Staff planned a series of terrorist attacks on US cities, and wanted to blame Cuba, so they could invade it (more links in the comments).

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VMRVZ TIL that Hotmail used to be written HoTMaiL because it was designed to include the letters HTML.
jNjdn TIL about the Anti-Bloomberg law, which prohibits any county or city in Mississippi from passing laws to restrain portion sizes. It was passed as a response to the Bloomberg law, which limited the size of soda to 16 ounces or less.
5mnR TIL a genetic disease called Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva causes human tissue to turn into bone. “Sufferers are slowly imprisoned by their own skeletons.”
E1BOV TIL the Leptodactylus Fallax Frogs of Montserrat are colloquially known as ‘Mountain Chickens’, because they taste like chicken.
PlAZ TIL 360 people on average die in police chases in the US every year, 1/3 being innocent bystanders. There is no mandatory reporting system, so it is speculated this number is 3-4 times higher.