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TIL the main Slim Jim factory shut down for good the day Randy Savage died

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JLMv TIL an astronaut’s diet is managed to minimize flatulence.
E18wX TIL in 1883 Sitting Bull made a speech in Sioux, not English, to US officials, generals, and railroad barons that began: "I hate all the White people, you are thieves and liars," and got worse from there. He would stop periodically to smile and bow, and the audience applauded enthusiastically.
rRay4 TIL Mississippi had a secret police from 1956-1977, designed to fight desegregation
e0pdJ TIL the Romania entered the 1930 FIFA world cup following the crowning of King Carol II, as he encouraged them to go. He chose the squad himself and ensured them that they would still have their jobs when they return.
MryV TIL that prototype cars being road tested wear a white and black pattern camofluage vinyl in order to make it impossible for auto focus equipped cameras to focus on the car.