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TIL Harold Ramis took meth right before his military draft physical to get out of the Vietnam war.

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9kRp TIL Tracy Lords was born in Steubenville, OH and was raped there at the age of 10. Her mother was also raped in Steubenville.
bbWN TIL in 2001 a Los Angeles man, upset at the poor exit signage on the 110 Freeway, modified an overhead sign under the cover of night. Caltrans investigated it, approved of the workmanship, and left it up for eight years.
PDpG TIL Leland Stanford hired photographer Eadweard Muybridge to prove that a horse lifts all four legs in the air while galloping. In the process, Muybridge invented the motion picture on a farm that would become Stanford University.
PQyG TIL that Pumpernickle Bread means Devil’s Fart
BGeW TIL that the bull on the Elmer’s glue logo is the husband of Elsie, the cow on the Borden Milk logo.