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TIL LBJ received massive cash payments from defense contractor Brown & Root, a big supporter of the war in Vietnam. Later they made BILLIONS from the Vietnam War. Today that company is called Halliburton.

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5YkkP Today I learned that the worst elevator accident occurred when a locomotive fell down a mineshaft and landed on an elevator
Kn6Q TIL human brains store a pet dog’s name in the same place as family members’ names, but not a cat’s name
8a8D4 TIL B.B. King performed an average of 200 shows per year up until his 70s, and in 1956 alone he appeared at 342 shows
NXro6 TIL that Big Bird was originally suggested as one of the candidates to go aboard the Challenger shuttle.
VMv18 TIL The vibrator was invented before the vacuum cleaner (1883)