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TIL that Gorda, CA is home to the most consistently expensive gasoline in the entire U.S.

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kLAg TIL that Thomas Jefferson proposed in 1784 to end slavery in all the territories, but his bill lost in Congress by one vote.
OXg6 TIL that the second controller can control the ducks in Duck Hunt
Mlr0 TIL that when a dignitary complained to President Theodore Roosevelt about Alice Roosevelt (his daughter) smoking on top of the White House, Roosevelt replied, “I can be President of the United States, or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both.”
OGEVR Today I Learned that the longest judicial trial in the history of the United States was the Pizza Connection Trial, where the Sicilian Mafia processed Heroin and Morphine for sale in Pizza Parlors during the 70's and 80's
NXXbb TIL that Alzheimer’s disease can be caused by a brain immune response to herpes infection. This theory dates to the early 1900s, but was ignored because the scientist was Jewish, while Alzheimer, who named the disease, was German.