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TIL that John and Clarence Anglin, who escaped from Alcatraz in 1962, reportedly attended their mother’s funeral in women’s clothes.

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J1R78 TIL that All of the used nuclear fuel produced by the U.S. nuclear energy industry over the last 60 years could fit on a football field to a height of approximately 10 yards
4kgaN TIL that the Japanese have a word "Busshu-suru" which translates as "To do the Bush thing" meaning "to vomit" referring to the time when George H.W. Bush' vomited in Japan's prime minister's lap.
BBkD TIL a 1945 issue of IMPACT magazine showed what the firebombing of Japan would have looked like if equivalent American cities were bombed.
6EXYX TIL in June, 2016 the Royal Canadian Mounted Police seized one kilogram of carfentanil shipped from China in a box labelled "printer accessories". The shipment contained 50 million lethal doses of the drug, more than enough to wipe out the entire population of the country.
XE0DQ TIL that the dog actor who played the dog through much of the run of TV's Petticoat Junction, is the same dog to later play the title role in feature film Benji