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TIL Indian military scientists developed a chili grenade made with ghost pepper

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pYAQ4 TIL that the Astrodome, the world's first multi-purpose domed sports stadium, had a gaudy apartment installed by its builder and owner, Houston Judge Roy Hofheinz
wLa7J TIL that, in its 1975 annual opinion poll, Playboy Magazine readers voted Karen Carpenter as Best Rock Drummer of the year, outvoting John Bonham of Led Zeppelin.
6yMZ TIL that in 1994 a 75-pound bag of cocaine fell out of a plane and landed in the middle of a Florida crime watch meeting.
OGn0a TIL NASA landed on the moon using a computer with just 4KB of RAM
XJJk TIL that in the 1960’s, methamphetamine was available as an OTC drug called “Obetrol” used to fight obesity. It was Andy Warhol’s favorite recreational drug.