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TIL there was a ban on sliced bread in the US in 1943.

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Og4R TIL on 10.12.10 a group know as “Imperial Stars” drove their bus down the Hollywood freeway, parked diagonally across the highway to stop traffic and perform their song “Traffic Jam 101” on the roof. A judge ordered them to pay $39,350.39 for their self centered idiocy.
wLdmM TIL: The US military was already using UAV drone technology in WWII. The primary manufacturer at that time, Radioplane Company, had a drone assembler named Norma Jeane Dougherty, who eventually changed her name to Marilyn Monroe.
7raAP TIL former Mafia hitman Frank Sheeran confessed on his deathbed that he was the one who murdered union leader Jimmy Hoffa, his close friend, under orders from the mob. Martin Scorsese is currently filming a movie on this.
0w6A TIL a dingle is a deep, narrow cleft between hills. Hence the term: dingle berry.
xpJ7 TIL the ingredients in Tylenol Cold and Tylenol Flu are exactly the same. The only difference between each product is the box.