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TIL that the First Drunk Driver Smashed His Electric Cab Into A Building 127 Years Ago

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kJlBB TIL the first Democratic Governor of Wyoming wore shoes made of human flesh to his inauguration in 1893.
e0j46 TIL that many scholars believe that nursery rhyme "Ring around the Rosie" is written about the symptoms of Black Death, the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history.
wnx7 TIL that in the town of Zillah, Washington, there is a small church, very appropriately named “The Church of God-Zillah”
a8eoL TIL that despite being leader of the CDU and serving as the Chancellor of Germany, Ludwig Erhard was never officially a member of the CDU, a fact that was not made public until decades later.
l7Gg7 TIL In 1976, the CAF in Texas sponsored an air show where a B-29 bomber piloted by Paul Tibbets, the pilot who flew the B-29 which bombed Hiroshima during World War II, reenacted the atomic bombing of Hiroshima (including a mock mushroom cloud)