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TIL A man received 20-life under “intentionally causing a catastrophe” charges after taking apart sandbags in a Missouri River levee during the Great Flood of 1993 in an attempt to strand his wife on the other side and continue partying.

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WknYN TIL During WW II the US Army was aware that mail to soldiers was critical for morale, but overwhelmed with the volume and space it took to ship. So the resuscitated a British/Eastman Kodak method where every letter was photographed, and the film was shipped, then printed. It was called V Mail.
d8Oa8 TIL that the first Polish encyclopaedia included such definitions as "Horse: Everyone knows what a horse is", and "Dragon: Dragon is hard to overcome, yet one shall try."
DQw9Y TIL:A study by the University of Chicago found that laughing gas is useful in treating depression, with the same effects as ketamine therapy in low doses. Subjects were divided into 3 groups, high dose, low dose, and placebo. High dose led to more side effects and low dose made them sleepy.
OV4e TIL That While Tesla was listening on the radio, Marconi was transmitting. Tesla believed he had heard Mars when in actuality he had only heard the only other radio on earth that was coincidentally broadcasting.
X014Q TIL. Flowers exposed to the playback sound of a flying bee produce sweeter nectar within 3 minutes, with sugar concentration averaging 20% higher.