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TIL tourism in Albuquerque has boomed from selling Breaking Bad candy and bath salts that resemble blue crystal meth

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KYmYR TIL about MSGT John Chapman, and the controversial decisions leading up, and following his posthumous award of the MOH. Particularly the decisions made by the navy seals and the MOH museum. One of the seals he saved was also awarded the medal, serves on the museum board, and has his own exhibit.
4DOJ TIL Amazon created an entirely new font called “Bookerly” specifically designed to be easy to read on Kindles and other digital screens.
R5b69 TIL Hypnotists in the UK are required by law to have a specific license to perform hypnosis, and during application must declare any previous attempts to use hypnotism to commit crimes
0Ep5 TIL in June 2001 the longest train in the world set out across Western Australia. It was over 7 kilometres long and weighed nearly 100,000 tons.
x6bRk TIL although submarines were only about 2% of the US Navy in WWII, the group destroyed over 30% of the Japanese Navy including 8 aircraft carriers & 11 cruisers. It also crippled over 60% of the Japanese merchant fleet greatly impairing Japan's ability to supply its military & war effort.