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TIL that in 1921 private police in the US dropped bombs and tear gas on a coal miners camp when they went on strike for better working conditions

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Br5ne TIL Alberta has no rats due to serious rat control policies, including a $5000 fine for having a rat. In 2004 someone released 38 rats in Calgary but by the time the rat control officers arrived the local residents had already formed an armed posse and hunted them down with brooms, 2x4s, and shovels
QJAGa TIL that the web security firm Cloudflare generates their encryption codes by taking videos of lava lamps' unpredictable movements and converting the randomness into a virtually unhackable code.
OGBeX TIL alcohol sales are prohibited in some parts of the US on Sunday due to "Blue laws" which originate from religious beliefs that people should not drink during the Sabbath. Due to separation between church and state, the reason was changed to "curbing excessive alcohol consumption".
rD6W TIL the UK virtually eliminated salmonella by vaccinating chickens. The U.S. has declined to mandate such vaccinations.
jvVa TIL according to MIT the toughest tongue twister is: “Pad kid poured curd pulled cod”