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TIL that Ireland accidentally legalised ecstasy, ketamine, and crystal meth for one day in 2015

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oNxo TIL during the height of the Cold War the “missile gap” was highly exagerated; the Soviets may have only had 4 ICBM’s
8e1kG TIL Between 2012 and 2013, over 100 people have self-immolated in Tibet.
kOdLd TIL The word 'fascinating' comes from the word 'fascinum' which was an ancient roman amulet of a flying penis, used a a protection charm
v80B TIL in 1968, a cash-laden bank vehicle was pulled over by a motorcycle cop claiming the car had been rigged with a bomb. The cop got under the car to “defuse” the device. When the car started to smoke, everybody ran. Then the “cop” just drove the car away. The 300M Yen robbery remains unsolved
kO4Bm TIL baseball player Dave Parker once hit a home run that landed in a moving train coal car and traveled 150 miles.