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TIL how one of just two XB-70 supersonic bomber prototypes was lost during a 1966 photo-op for GE

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Wbn8 TIL that serial killer John Wayne Gacy met First Lady Rosalynn Carter in 1978. The picture of them together shows him wearing a pin that meant Secret Service gave him special clearance.
lnrA TIL - In 1797 George Washington opened a whiskey distillery three miles from his Virginia estate, and in 1799 it produced 11,000 gallons of whiskey and made Washington the largest American whiskey producer in the 18th century.
yQn9p TIL that Teargas, both pepper-spray and CS gas, are listed as chemical weapons and their use by the military is considered a war crime.
1Ywr TIL the head of Columbia Studios had Sammy Davis Jr. kidnapped by the Mafia to keep him from marrying a white woman.
ON9Y TIL Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Super Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong, is not allowed to bike to work because his safety is too important to Nintendo