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TIL that Primm in Fallout New Vegas is a real Nevada town, and there is a Buffalo Bill casino there that has an actual rollercoaster.

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VW8m TIL that during the Parsley Massacre, the Dominican soldiers would grab a parsley plant and ask what it was called. If the person couldn’t roll the R in the Spanish word (Perejil) they were executed. Up to 30,000 people might have been killed through that method.
neeVr TIL A woman named Glenda Blackwell once bought a scratch-off lottery ticket to prove to her husband that it was a waste of money and she ended up winning $1 million.
dOl7 TIL that chewing gum enhances alertness and attention while driving
EgyOV TIL that President Gerald Ford was born Leslie Lynch King Jr.
69pA8 TIL shadows can move faster than light - While nothing can travel faster than light, the "speed" of a shadow isn't limited by this rule, creating some trippy effects.