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TIL Killing a “proud bitch at large” is completely legal under Tennessee law.

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W7w4 TIL only 3 of the 12 people on board the Enola Gay knew the purpose of their mission to Hiroshima
R58W1 TIL Van Morrison’s song “Brown Eyed Girl” was originally titled “Brown Skinned Girl”, but was changed to make it more palatable to radio stations at the time. It still got banned on some stations because the lyrics included the line “Making love in the green grass”
VBjyp TIL that scientists believe it might rain diamonds on Neptune
pY1Kb TIL that Charles Bukowski’s father was frequently abusive, both physically and mentally. He later told an interviewer that his father beat him with a razor strop three times a week from the ages of 6 to 11 years. He says that it helped his writing, as he came to understand undeserved pain.
bWR0 TIL the last President to not be “High Net Worth” - Wealth less than 1 million - was Harry Truman, 1945-1953