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TIL Aldous Huxley was tripping on acid when he died

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6n88 TIL that in WWII there actually was a land battle fought in US territory, the Battle of Attu, the westernmost Aleutian Island.
x6E9D TIL that 1987 was the last year that vinyl records were produced for Disney Read-Along books.
X6nk TIL “vegetable” is a culinary term, not a botanical term.
DQNgP TIL that there was a 19th century french man named Jules Verne who predicted multiple future inventions like submarines, helicopters and the internet.
Xxd8 TIL test pilot Thomas W. Attridge, Jr. shot himself down while testing the F-11 Tiger. After firing a short burst at 13,000 ft, Attridge accelerated into a dive and leveled off to fire another burst at 7,000 ft where he was struck by the bullets he’d fired earlier.