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TIL renegade film director Sam Peckinpah directed a 1981 music video for the band Sparks.

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lowg5 TIL towards the end of WW2 Herman Goering had become so addicted to para-codeine that he was travelling with almost the entire world’s supply
KYorw TIL In 2012, while incarcerated at ADX Florence, Ted Kaczynski (better known as the Unabomber) received an invitation to the 50th anniversary reunion of his Harvard graduating class. He responded, listing his occupation as " prisoner " and his eight life sentences as " awards.
XpAP TIL there are more public libraries than McDonald’s in the U.S.
d8mVr TIL in 2016 news anchor Anderson Cooper donated bullet proof vests to every K9 unit in the Virginia Police Department after finding out that a police dog was shot and killed during a shootout.
n0Yd TIL Jefferson Davis was never tried for treason in part because the federal government feared he may convince a jury that secession was not illegal.