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TIL Syracuse, NY has the only upside-down traffic light in the world

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0BQj TIL that cocaine is an ideal treatment for nosebleeds, being a good local anesthetic while simultaneously lowering bleeding by means of vasoconstriction.
R5ljQ TIL There is still a WWII Landing Ship in service in the US as a car ferry. LST-510 Buncombe County was commissioned in 1944, landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day, and currently serves passengers between Connecticut and Long Island. It is perhaps the last D-Day ship still operating.
XEBXk TIL that "High Hopes", the theme song of the 1959 film A Hole in the Head, was used in JFK's 1960 Presidential campaign.
GAQPN TIL that during the second Rocky Marciano Vs Ezzard Charles boxing match, Charles split Marciano’s nose in half and the fight would have soon be stopped had Marciano not managed a KO of Charles.
VReD TIL a bass player for Iggy & The Stooges enlisted in the US army, he wanted to go to Vietnam due to the cheap heroin available there.