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TIL of Timothy Tyler who is serving life in prison without parole for mailing 5.2 grams of LSD to a friend.

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OGorX TIL Union General Philip Kearny devised the first unit insignia patches used in the U.S. Army in 1862, after mistakenly giving orders to soldiers not under his command. Afterward, his men wore a patch of red cloth to identify themselves as members of his unit. Other units quickly adopted the idea.
E1ye7 TIL about Dennis Dickey, a US Border agent who, as part of a gender reveal party, shot at a box which was packed with explosives. When hit, it emitted a cloud of blue smoke, but also set fire to the surrounding bush, destroying almost 45,000 acres of land. Dickey was ordered to pay $8m restitution.