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TIL Deer Trail, Colorado tried to pass an ordinance where people can buy drone hunting license that will allow a person to shoot down a drone that is flying over their property.

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Go4E TIL 67 years ago today, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier. He completed the flight with two broken ribs, and as a result of the injury, had to close the hatch on the Bell X-1 with a broomstick.
8aOY8 TIL there was a short lived HD VHS platform in the late 90s/early 2000s. The D-VHS tapes could hold up to 50GB and play 1080i. Of course, a special D-VHS player was required
XEZbX TIL learned Dr. Samuel A. Cartwright invented the condition "drapetomania" (the urge to run away from captivity). He practised in the United States in the 1850's, and couldn't understand African slaves' desire to flee the 'paradise' of captivity. So he made up a term for it.
X0gL8 TIL of the Bantu expansion, where Bantu people spread from modern day Cameroon to almost all of Sub-Saharan Africa.
pa8Q TIL: The cure for Scurvy was discovered in the 1490s, lost in the 1870s, and re-discovered in the 1930s.