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TIL that a single vote prevented an all-out nuclear war between USA and USSR in 1962

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PAdn TIL that WWF wrestler “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan was drafted into the NFL and played for the Atlanta Falcons.
rRRNW TIL that George Washington had a copy of the Bill of Rights created for each state. North Carolina’s copy was stolen in 1865 by a Union Soldier. It was recovered in 2003 by a FBI sting operation.
BKAW TIL that a man called Zeb Quinn went missing in 2000. His car was found two weeks later, with it’s lights on, a pair of lipstick lips drawn on the rear windshield, and a live Labrador puppy inside. Zeb Quinn has never been found.
lDdK TIL a Nestle store in Japan sold Kit Kats coated with edible gold. Limited to 500, they were sold for the US equivalent of $16.
e586 TIL that Scientists in 1916 felt America was degenerating into a second rate nationality. They listed the Top 20 threats to USA: #8 America leads all nations in murders #12 Hearty eating without exercise #18 Remarkable cancer mortality increase