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TIL in 1967 California State Senator Nicholas C. Petris proposed banning the use of internal combustion cars on California's roads by 1975.

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bdPN TIL Conrad Heyer is the earliest-born person of whom a photograph is known to exist. He fought for the Continental Army under the command of George Washington and participated in Washington’s famous crossing of the Delaware in December 1776. In 1852, aged 103, he posed for this daguerreotype.
X4wQ TIL in the final episode of the cartoon Tom & Jerry,both Tom and Jerry commit suicide
0wnQL TIL when basketball first started, the backboard was not a designed piece of equipment. They were added years later to keep fans from interfering with the game.
eQ9g TIL when Steve Kerr, coach of the Golden State Warriors & former teammate of Michael Jordan, was in college his dad was assassinated by extremists in Beirut. During a subsequent basketball game opposing fans chanted “your father’s history” while a teary eyed Kerr scored 20 points in the first half.
Vb9m TIL Navy Chief Warrant Officer John Walker began spying for the Soviets in 1968 when he walked into the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C., sold a top secret document for several thousand dollars, and negotiated an ongoing salary of $500 to $1,000 a week