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TIL there was an epidemic of Satanic ritual abuse across America in the 1980s that turned out to be completely imagined. People were recalling memories of sexual abuse and cannibalism that never occurred.

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yVjBp TIL that the town of Ludowici, Georgia was designated as a "speed trap." The town police would manipulate the timing of the traffic signal downtown and ticket out-of-town motorists for running red lights. This behavior later ceased once the town was bypassed by I-95.
vVp7 TIL that cabbage, kale, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, broccoli, Chinese cabbage and savoy are all the same species of plant, but have been selectively bred so much that they barely resemble the same genus, let alone the same species
oR9Kr TIL about Jimmy Robinson, a US Air Force Piloted that died (marked MIA officially) after damage sustained flying through the mushroom cloud of Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear bomb detonation. The flight was to gather information regarding the composition of the cloud, his body was never found.
OoG74 TIL in Tanzania (East Africa), witch hunts have increased as albino deaths have jumped. Accused witches are burned alive.
JY0Qv TIL that the United States coexisted with the Holy Roman Empire for thirty years until its dissolution in 1806.