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TIL that the cast and crew of Titanic were mysteriously fed chowder laced with PCP

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Y7yL7 TIL about Ryan White, a 13-year-old boy, got AIDS from a blood donor in 1984, 117 parents signed a petition to ban him from returning to school. An auction was held to keep him out, a newspaper supporting him got death threats, and his family left town when a gun was fired through their window.
wnv6 TIL The State of Wyoming has only 2 escalators
mxZlM TIL "ZIG-ZAG Man" of rolling papers fame is based on the story of a French North African soldier (Zouave) whose smoking pipe was shattered by a stray bullet during the battle of Sevastopol so he rolled his tobacco using a piece of paper torn from a musket cartridge.
1JBX TIL that the United States Marine Corps is older than the United States.
ne5Y7 TIL that Linda Ronstadt and Frank Zappa were featured together in a razor commercial for Remington; "cleans you, thrills you ... may even keep you from getting busted"-