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TIL Bedbugs were almost eradicated but are on the rise in the United States.

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QNLMM TIL Zyzzyx Road is the lowest grossing movie of all time: only six people bought tickets for a total box office of $30
A5va TIL that non-mixed-race marriages were banned in Paraguay in the early 1800s
6EQvW TIL that a rancher in Oregon named Bill Brown would often write checks on any paper available. This often included soup can labels and newspaper margins. As he was rich and known for this, the banks would cash the checks without question.
R5757 TIL that Oliver Sipple was a former US Marine who intervened in the assassination attempted against U.S. President Gerald Ford. This event also led to his unwilling outing and estrangement from family.
yQNle TIL at the height of the Grateful Dead's touring years, Jerry Garcia was using $1800 (adjusted for inflation) worth of drugs per day.