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TIL John Walker, the founder of the brand Johnnie Walker, was, in fact, a teetotaler

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QNGma TIL that the voice actor for SpongeBob SquarePants, Tom Kenny, also voiced the Ice King in Adventure Time and the Mayor in The Powerpuff Girls. His versatility and iconic roles have made him a legend in the world of animation.
m1k7y TIL It was legal in texas to shoot a man in bed with your wife (adultery) until 1973! Justifiable homicide! Texas state law library, this statute was done away with in 1973. Article 1220 of the old texas penal code page is link provided as State Law Library's page won't link here. See 1st comment.
KOpOE TIL Operation Wandering Soul was a psychological warfare campaign used by the United States during the Vietnam war where eerie sounds and altered screams were played in battlefields. This exploited the Vietnamese belief that unburied soldiers’ souls would wander in constant pain and suffering
EgnG7 TIL that the person who discovered the double-helix structure of DNA was Francis Crick, who was high on LSD when he deduced it.
LZ9v TIL During WW2, a US politician got 800 sailors killed after bragging to the press about the Japanese setting off depth charges too early.