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TIL The US Department of Agricultural uses M-44 "Cyanide Bombs" to control wildlife population

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Eg0lx TIL that John F. Kennedy's patrol boat was rammed by a Japanese destroyer. After a 3-mile swim to an island, he and his crew survived on coconuts for 2 days. Rescued by two islanders, their message etched on a coconut shell became a paperweight on JFK's desk.
AwMg TIL Bill Paxton is the only actor to be killed by Alien, Predator and Terminator.
MnX8 TIL that when Samuel L. Jackson was a student at Morehouse college he became so upset with the lack of student representation on board of trustees that he held the entire board (including Martin Luther King Sr.) hostage by locking them in a building during a meeting.
DpZP TIL on this date in 1781 a british slave ship called Zong threw over a hundred slaves into the ocean to claim insurance on their death
69bll TIL that India is the highest producer of movies in the world followed by Nigeria and US on an annual basis for the last few years.