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TIL that Juggalos are on the FBI’s official “top threat gangs” list, since 2011.

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WrAL TIL that Polish exiles were not only the best-performing RAF pilots in the Battle of Britain, but also very successful with women; “they always have a girl on each arm. They say the girls cannot resist the Poles, nor the Poles the girls”.
AD8J4 TIL: NASA creates movie-style posters for astronaut missions, including parodies of Star Wars, The Beatles, and Pirates of the Caribean
7r0g7 TIL that although the Great Chicago Fire is arguably the most famous fire in U.S. history, a far deadlier fire occurred on the same day in neighboring Wisconsin and Michigan. The Peshtigo Fire was responsible for the deaths of an estimated 2,500 people, more than any other fire in American history.
woNBJ TIL the 1966 song “Kicks” by Paul Revere & The Raiders is called the first hit in the U.S. with an anti-drug message. Despite its success, it quickly became outdated among the youth. The band was viewed “as part of the Establishment,” and uncool compared to The Beatles, Rolling Stones, and others.
mXaY TIL more than 2,500 of the 3,250 crosswalk buttons in New York City function essentially as mechanical placebos. They haven’t worked since the late 1980’s.