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TIL dueling with wax bullets was once an Olympic sport
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TIL the cofounder of AA, Bill Wilson, believed LSD could help alcoholics stop drinking
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TIL There is an 'Intergalactic Spaceport' in Wyoming that was intended for inhabitants of Jupiter who might wish to take sanctuary in the town in the event their planet is threatened by collisions from comets or meteors.
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TIL A cow-bison hybrid is called a beefalo. The breed was created to combine the characteristics of both animals for beef production.
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TIL The pilot episode of LOST was so expensive (~$14million) that the network president was fired for greenlighting it.
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TIL In 1920, the New York Times published an editorial titled "A Severe Strain on Credulity," mocking scientist Robert Goddard's contention that a rocket could conceivably leave the atmosphere and even reach the moon. They later printed a retraction, the day after the launch of Apollo 11.