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TIL Alice's Restaurant Massacree is mostly a true story

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mx0vx TIL that the American-produced, 1964 stop-motion Christmas television classic "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" was filmed in Tokyo and voiced primarily by Canadian actors. It has aired at least annually in America since 1964, making it the longest continuously running Christmas TV special in history
VMPVk TIL a VA man sued himself for $5m, claiming that he violated his own civil rights by committing crimes and being sent to prison. He asked the state to pay the $5m on his behalf since he was a ward of the state.
OLyR TIL Churchill in WW2 ordered all German Air Ambulances, painted white with red cross (Seenotdienst Search and Rescue) to be shot down when encountered
y01a TIL Solitaire, Minesweeper, Hearts, and Freecell were implemented in Windows systems to subconsciously teach people how to use different Windows technologies
0pnM TIL Ohio was looking into a high speed bullet train when governor Kasich scratched the plans, leading to the US government revoking the $400 million given to the planning process and splitting it among other states