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TIL Congressman Leo Ryan is the only US member of Congress to ever be killed in the line of duty. He was assasinated while investigating the Jonestown cult.

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VB6Kk TIL Coca-Cola was exempt from the 1942 sugar rations by promising service members a bottle of Coke for five cents wherever they were
W0Ed TIL that Tycho Brahe wore a golden nose to replace his lost during a mathematical debate. He also owned a tame elk which apparently died of drinking too much beer. He also died from waiting too long to take a piss. Overall, Tycho Brahe was a quite a unique dude.
LnPQ TIL that there is a McDonald’s that is closed to the public and is just used for filming commercials.
WkBW4 TIL about the No Gun Ri massacre, which took place on the 26th July 1950, where US Forces killed a large number of South Korean Civilians. One GI, Norman Tinkler, was later quoted by the Associated Press as having said, “We just annihilated them.”
mxdvP TIL That August 1st is International Childfree Day. And was originally created in 1973 to celebrate people who voluntarily choose not to have children.