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TIL that Chicago’s gangs kept crack out of the city for much of the 1980’s, because they feared it would lead to small-time dealers challenging their control of the drug trade

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VB69B TIL that in 1914, the wife of the French Prime Minister murdered a newspaper editor to prevent him from disclosing her relationship with him, which had begun while both were still married to their previous partners. She was acquitted because she was deemed to have acted on "uncontrollable impulses".
a80M9 TIL that unharvested asparagus will keep growing into a large fern
XNAE TIL that after seeeing Elvis play at a concert in 1957, 15 year old Jimi Hendrix became a lifelong fan, during the concert itself he wrote down the entire line-up of songs he heard Presley sing that night and would play Elvis songs for his friends as an adult.
6k4m TIL Alaska has for almost 40 years paid all its residents more than $1,000 per year as a dividend from the state’s tax revenues from oil. A decision has been made to use the wealth from oil to activate all residents rather than to expand the state’s public budget.
neR77 TIL The German army employed large numbers of captured soviet T-34s tanks. they were designated by the Germans as Panzerkampfwagen T-34 747(r). In order to prevent recognition mistakes, large swastikas were painted on the tanks, in order to prevent attack by Axis aircraft.