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TIL that the Pentagon still runs many of their computers with Windows 95

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WkOrY TIL Tomato ketchup was introduced to the United States in 1834 as a purported medicine and sold in pill form.
X0GvX TIL: The bodies of two women were discovered over a year after the eruption of Mount St. Helens, but they were both actually victims of murder prior to the eruption whose bodies were hidden to the debris and ash.
brxp TIL that Hydrogen Peroxide has a shelf life and decomposes into water and oxygen.
P1gmG TIL Six years after surviving a shark attack and following repeated appeals to South Australian authorities, Chris Blowes finally won a special exemption that gave him the legal right to possession of the tooth of the great white shark that took his leg. (Full story in comments)
Wka4o TIL In parts of Virginia it's illegal to trick or treat if you are over the age of 13 and is punishable as a misdemeanor unless you are just walking your kid or sibling(s).