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TIL Richard Nixon Smuggled 3 pounds of Marijuana into the U.S. for Louis Armstrong (1.3 kilos)

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vPQ1D TIL the original Fallout 1 & 2 source code was believed to have been destroyed (preventing official re-releases), but a developer secretly defied orders and preserved it. The code still exists today but can't be released without Bethesda's approval.
D1BjV TIL The world's oldest known creature was a 507-year-old mollusk, that lived from 1499 until the day scientists found and killed it by mistake.
N7mkQ TIL that the current 400 m hurdles world record is faster than the historical world record for 400 m (with no hurdles) that was set in 1928
yQEW8 TIL there was an official writer's guide for the original Star Trek series. The pages included story advice, character attributes ("Captain Kirk is a space-age Horatio Hornblower"), costuming ("no pockets or space suits"), Stardate calculation, and told writers to contact NASA for technical advice.
78GbO Today I learned how to say the sweet popping up in all the trendy bakeries: Kouign-amann (Queen a mon)