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TIL Viggo Mortensen wore a Montreal Canadiens t-shirt under his armor throughout filming the Lord of the rings trilogy

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jYbM TIL America’s first serial killers were the Bender family in 1800s Kansas. They targeted westward settlers, had them sit in a seat of honor at their inn, then hit them in the head with a hammer and cut their throats. They are suspected of killing 21.
68pX TIL that Thomas Jefferson once said that “If ever this vast country is brought under a single government, it will be one of the most extensive corruption, indifferent and incapable”
NXGPQ TIL that New Hampshire's "Live Free or Die" license plates are made by the incarcerated
8eNpP TIL that respected mathematician Ronald Graham was featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not for also being an accomplished trampolinist and juggler.
J1mLl TIL about ERNIE, a device introduced by the UK government in 1957 to draw premium bond prizes. The original ERNIE used neon tubes and electrons to generate true random numbers and filled up an entire room.