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TIL that Machine Gun Kelly learned to speak Arabic before he learned English.

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4KWX TIL March 1993 blizzard dubbed the “Storm of the Century” affected more than 40% of the US population, killed 300 people, and caused 10 million to lose power, despite the fact that much of the media hesitated to broadcast the forecast due to the enormous numbers predicted by the weather models.
YwEB TIL when Switzerland added a vote-by-mail option, voter turnout actually decreased in smaller cantons. Sociologists believe that in-person voting created a social pressure in smaller communities to show up at the polls, and this pressure was removed when people could claim that they voted by mail.
l7Y8V TIL the cowboy bebop episode"wild horses" was initially banned from TV because it involved the space shuttle Columbia being involved in a disaster, which had actually happened a few months after is was written.
0d9Q5 TIL of George Spencer Millet, who died running away from 6 girls who were trying to give him kisses on his 15th birthday. He tripped and fell on an ink eraser in his front pocket that stabbed his heart.
e07vg TIL early Antarctic explorers used a novel treatment for snow blindness- cocaine.