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TIL The Daily Show setup a food truck in North Carolina and refused service to people that "seemed gay" in accordance with North Carolina's HB2 law

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WkanL TIL about Harry Markopolos who informed SEC about Madoff Ponzi scheme since early 2000, but SEC did nothing
vwE8 TIL a man once drunkenly stole a plane and landed it in the middle of Manhattan in front of the bar he had been drinking at. Two years later he did it again because someone doubted he had done it the first time.
m1mnP TIL the CIA once called an assassination team the Health Alteration Committee to "incapacitate" an Iraqi Colonel
PYy0E TIL about Fordite/Motor City Agate, a man-made, eco-friendly gem made from recycled car paint from hand-sprayed cars. The paint is then baked and formed into jewelry
loYaa TIL about Typhoid Mary: the first asymptomatic carrier of typhoid. In her job as a cook she infected 51 people. She was forcibly isolated for 3 years; being released on the promise she didn’t return to cooking. She did return, was caught and confined for the remainder of her life (23 years).