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TIL that Amtrak is an independent agency of the US federal government

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Y7xmr TIL In 1957 Little Richard enrolled in Oakwood College for the ministry. He told all the students he didn’t want them listening to his “devil” music and wanted buy his records back for more than the original price in order to burn them in a bonfire
0wrNj TIL that Big Bird, from the American TV show Sesame Street, does not frequently appear in international versions of the show. Instead, he is replaced with other oversized birds that vary in color and size depending on which country they air in.
DQOmY TIL that there was such a thing as Greek Fire, an ancient incendiary weapon of mass destruction.
LkOMQ TIL of the Phantom Time Hypothesis, which states that 297 years of history (AD 614-911) were completely made up, and that we actually live in the 1700s.
lxQa TIL A DEA Admin Judge decided it would be “It would be unreasonable, arbitrary, and capricious for the DEA to stand between those sufferers and the benefits of this substance in the light of the evidence in this record” Regarding Marijuana. Yet the DEA dismissed this.