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TIL MI6 once hacked into an al-Qaeda and replaced their instructions for making bombs with a cupcake recipe

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YyGP TIL that Samuel Caldwell was the first person in America to be arrested for selling marijuana. Arrested in 1937 for selling two joints, he was sentenced to a $1000 fine and four years of hard labor. This happened in one of the only places in America where pot is legal today, Denver Colorado.
PapV TIL Japan used $30 million of their Tsunami relief funds to support whaling
6EEmZ TIL JFK presented the Queen with a signed portrait of himself the first and only time they met
4kbDX TIL that Top Fuel dragsters accelerate faster than fighter jets and space shuttles, pulling over 5 Gs at launch!
mxQyM TIL because pendulum clocks are unreliable at sea, the first attempt at a marine chronometer was undertaken in 1673 utilizing a balance wheel and spring for regulation instead of a pendulum. This opened the way for the first modern pocket watches and wristwatches.