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TIL Bagpipes were considered weapons of war up until 1996

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ONe7 TIL the 1978 “UFO abduction” of Frederick Valentich has been solved: out searching for UFOs, the inexperienced pilot saw “4 points of light of an elongated UFO”. Recent astronomical simulations show a perfect diamond formed by Mercury, Venus, Mars and nearby star Antares.
gMWX8 TIL that bombing suspect, Michael Estes, got caught because he wanted to earn reward points on his supply purchase
4dYg TIL there was a secret military unit organized to interrogate Nazi leaders and scientists after WWII known only by its mailing address, P.O. Box #1142
J1aoV TIL about Charles Mayers a seaman who survived the Halifax explosion. The explosion hurled him several hundred metres in the air and he landed naked on a hill a mile away.
rG7e TIL that the Crips street gang was formed with the purpose of eliminating other street gangs and forming a neighborhood watch.