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TIL A Charlie Brown Christmas revitalized American demand for real Christmas trees, replacing the aluminum tree

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Bgbyr TIL: The MEDUSA weapon was created in 2004 and designed to incapacitate crowds of people using auditory pulses. It was purchased by SNC which had contracts with the DoD and Navy. However in 2008 SNC claims the weapon was discontinued as it may cause permanent brain damage.
78pBP TIL 25 supercars that were seized from the son of Equatorial Guinea's dictator were sold for a combined $27M at auction in Switzerland in 2019
dDl5K TIL that the actor Chris Barrie—most famous for portraying Arnold Rimmer in the British sitcom Red Dwarf—has a large collection of Victorian advertising signs.
xVVW7 TIL that in WW2 China flooded the Yellow River intentionally to stop the advance of the Japanese troops
b454 TIL after waiting more than 24 hours for treatment in an NYC psychiatric hospital, a woman collapsed, convulsed, and died in the waiting room and remained there for an hour before anyone checked on her.