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TIL in 1858 a brawl in Congress that had erupted over slavery ended in laughter when a representative put their wig on backwards

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WZ14 TIL in 1985 an F-15 fighter jet successfully shot down a satellite with a missile; by 1998, there were still 8 trackable pieces in orbit
xVdMD TIL Tom Lehrer's famous song "Poisoning Pigeons In The Park" was inspired by the City of Boston doing exactly that. The city spread strychnine-laced corn in its public parks to reduce the pigeon population
xGwb TIL in 1988, Dennys restaurants all over the US closed for Christmas for the very first time. As a result, they had to purchase deadbolts for all of their 1,221 stores.
e0Yjk TIL of Bart the "Zombie Cat," who was accidentally buried alive after being presumed dead from a traffic accident. Bart clawed its way out of the shallow grave and was found meowing for food by a neighbour of his owner. He had surgery to remove his ruined eye and treat his broken jaw.
mLXx TIL During the Vietnam War, President Lyndon Johnson threatened CBS News that if it didn’t ‘cleaned up its act,’ after showing US Marines burning villages, the White House would 'go public’ with the reporter’s alleged “communist ties.”