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TIL that in 1937, Colorado National Guard used flamethrowers and explosives against a plague of locusts

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g114 TIL that the creators of Cards Against Humanity released a holiday expansion pack and all proceeds were donated directly to Wikipedia. This because, “Without it we would not have known the exact volume of a dose of fresh boar sperm or graduated college.”
bmb4 TIL During Great Famine, Ottoman Sultan Khaleefah Abdul-Majid I declared his intention to send £10,000 (£800,000 today) to Irish farmers but Queen Victoria requested that the Sultan send only £1,000 because she had sent only £2,000 herself.
G8B7 TIL that specially destructive hurricanes have their names retired from the hurricane name list
Qbmk TIL JFK ordered 1,200 of his favorite Cuban cigars the night before he signed the Cuban embargo
p8r6Z TIL Hitler had France surrender in the same railway carriage at the same spot France and England made Germany surrender in WWI