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R7yW9 TIL that one of Lucille Ball's first credited roles was with the Three Stooges.
5YdKR TIL that for the private citizen, there are no penalties for violating the US flag code. And that, "the Flag Code serves as a guide to be followed on a purely voluntary basis to insure proper respect for the flag."
9YRdD TIL About Action Park, a theme park in New Jersey that was a literal death trap. At least 5 patrons died on the poorly constructed and engineered rides. One particularly dangerous ride was the Cannonball Loop, a waterslide with a loop that caused patrons scrapes, concussions, and lost teeth.
MeNQa TIL that in the 1930s laws were proposed in Massachusetts and St. Louis to ban car radios out of fear that they would distract drivers and cause accidents or even lull a driver to sleep.
oRnMK TIL Proximity fuses were invented jointly by UK & US in WW II. A secret guarded to a similar level as the atom bomb project, and for years not fired on Germans for fear of them figuring it out. It allowed UK anti-V1 artillery to go from 17% to 74% effective. Julius Rosenberg was able to steal one.