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TIL that rapper DMX impersonated a federal agent and broke through a gate in order to attempt to steal a car from JFK Airport during a coke binge.

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QN0Ad TIL that the world's quietest room, an anechoic chamber located at Orfield Laboratories in Minnesota, can drive people to the point of madness. The room is so quiet people can hear their own blood flowing and even the sound of their organs functioning, which can be disorienting and unsettling.
OLLX TIL that in 1945, Dwight D. Einsenhower predicted that people would try to dispel the holocaust as a falsehood, and ordered all possible photographs taken of the Nazi crimes to hinder any such attempts.
wLxd7 TIL of the Queenstown oval in Tasmania. The gravel surface has been in use since 1895 and one long time player claims the best way to deal with it is to "Land on someone"
R7B16 TIL that Texas and Louisiana have ERA provisions in their state constitution, while New York, Minnesota and Vermont do not.
Br8ee TIL of Aleksander Doba, a Polish kayaker known primarily for his long voyages across oceans. He kayaked across the Atlantic Ocean under his own power on three separate occasions. He completed his last crossing at the age of 70. His passages remain the longest open-water kayak voyages ever made