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TIL of the Zone of Death an area in the United States where one can legally get away with murder

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E15P7 TIL Woodstock Festival took place in the middle of the 68/69 Hong Kong Flu pandemic
8amB4 TIL that the inventor of the frisbee was cremated and made into frisbees after his death.
6EWP8 TIL Zebra stripes are actually white, not black. It was thought previously that zebras were white animals with black stripes since some zebras have white underbellies. Embryological evidence, however, shows that the animal's background color is black and the white stripes and bellies are additions.
4QLa TIL In 2012, the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters saved $90,000 simply by not giving out “I Voted” stickers on election day
jN7n TIL that Major Charles Sweeny, pilot of the B29 that nuked Nagasaki, ignored direct orders during the bombing, nearly causing the plane to crash from low fuel. Instead of investigating Sweeny’s conduct, the chief of staff for the Strategic Air Forces simply stated “You fucked up, didn’t you, Chuck?”