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TIL the EPA and former employees sued Area 51 for failure to comply with hazardous waste disposal laws. The case was thrown out on national security grounds.

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kJOEg TIL the modern face-up technique of high jump was invented by American Dick Fosbury and debuted at the 1968 Olympics. Reporters mocked him, saying he looked like a "two legged camel". He won the gold. It is now known as the "Fosbury Flop" and is the dominant style in the sport
r0JW TIL When demolishing the house of serial killers Fred and Rosemary west, every brick was crushed and every timber beam burned in order to discourage souvenir hunters.
9YONM TIL Cincinnati Built a Subway System 100 Years Ago–But Never Used It
ADrR7 TIL that Dave Grohl does not read Music but perceives it through Ear and Intuition. He also perceives the Guitar as a Drum Set.
E1dMw TIL In 1907, J.P. Morgan (70 yo). summoned dozens of the leading financiers to his private library and ordered them to contribute to a $25 million pool to stop the financial crisis the country was going through. he locked them in the library the whole night until they agreed on his plan.