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TIL that the Philippine Aerospace Development Corp. was abolished after 45 years for failing to develop a single aircraft.

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bryj TIL that Americans were so confident that crime was caused by alcohol that on the eve of prohibition, some towns in the U.S. sold their jails.
164BD TIL the Wall Street bombing on September 16, 1920, that killed 38 and injured over 300 has never been solved. A 17-year-old broke into a parked car and was able to transport 30 people to the hospital. The bombing spurred police and federal investigators to track foreign radicals and expand the BOI.
6EbPm TIL Hitler was a highly decorated veteran of WWI. He only wore his wound badge, Iron Cross First Class, and Nazi Party Gold Badge #1 after assuming power.
A8B4 TIL Taken was written by the same guy that wrote The Karate Kid
p8n0e TIL about alkaline hydrolysis, an alternative cremation method where the body is placed in a pressure vessel where a heated mixture of water and lye breaks down the body into its chemical components (i.e. amino acids, peptides, sugars, salts, and calcium phosphate)