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TIL the State of Texas employs 10,000 more prison guards than school teachers.

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XENk6 Today I Learned that the worlds biggest collection of Nash Motors automobiles(about 268 of them) rests 450 feet under water in Lake Michigan when the ship carrying them was struck by another and sank.
WwyL TIL That H.R. Giger designed a version of the Batmobile for Batman Forever that was deemed too “out there” to use
xYwD TIL the gold discovery in California that led to the Gold Rush happened in January 1848. The miners were ‘49ers and not '48ers because it took so long for the news to spread widely.
4XbGX TIL about US Army Technical Manual 31-210, a manual designed by the US Military for the US Armed Forces to fabricate guns, explosives, ammunition, mortars, rockets, and incendiary devices with locally available/ unassuming materials on enemy soil.
oRwor TIL One of the first dramatic TV shows was 'The Television Ghost' which started airing in 1931 on an experimental television network. The presenter dressed up as as a ghost and told stories of murder victims. No recordings exist of it and it's considered lost media.