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TIL Dan Rather was injected with heroin by a police officer, in a police station

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NXmE TIL that the Library of Congress was able to purchase the personal papers of Carl Sagan because of a financial donation provided by ‘Family Guy’ creator Seth MacFarlane, and that MacFarlane is working on a “Cosmos” follow up project.
neyk7 TIL that baseball player Khris Davis managed to have the same batting average in four consecutive seasons (2015 - 2018)
7rLBb TIL only Muslims can contest elections for the position of prime Minister in Pakistan. A recent bill proposal to allow non Muslims was rejected by majority of the ministers saying Pakistan is a Islamic republic and can't allow non Muslims.
VM1Xp TIL that the majority of Amtrak's delays are due to freight railroads giving priority to their own trains over passenger trains. Even though this is explicitly against the law, only 1 violator has ever been charged by the Dept. of Justice in the entire 47 year history of Amtrak.
VMgkG TIL that the US Postal Service's unofficial motto ("Neither rain nor snow...") was first used in 440 BC by Herodotus, who was impressed by the Persian Empire's messenger system.