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TIL: When Texas entered the Union as a slave state in 1845, a legal technicality created an ungoverned, lawless strip of land (which later became the Oklahoma panhandle). People from Kansas moved in to evade strict alcohol laws and the (unofficial) capital was called "Beer City".

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JmGv TIL that The Day After, a 1983 made- for- TV movie about nuclear war and it’s horrific effects, was watched by about 100 million people when it aired. President Reagan was left deeply depressed after viewing it, the film is now seen as having pushed him to start advocating nuclear disarmament
w761 TIL that the sun revolves around the Milky Way, it’s called a galactic year, and takes 250 mil. years to cycle. We are literally on the same cycle that started when the dinosaurs roamed. Meaning we are physically somewhere new in space that we’ve never been before every second until this day.
l7ZwN TIL a study found that people who live very close to recent lottery winners are more likely to go bankrupt due to spending beyond their means because they feel compelled to do so when they see evidence of exorbitant spending around them. The bigger the win, the more likely the neighbors go bankrupt.
vPLKL TIL that Matthew McConaughey has a brother named Rooster, who named his son Miller Lite and his daughter Margarita
78mEp TIL that St. Joan of Arc Chapel is Wisconsin's oldest building. It owes its name to an alleged visit by Joan of Arc to the chapel, where she may have prayed after meeting King Charles VII of France.