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TIL that every Texas ranger’s badge is made from Mexican silver

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JYnYl TIL that in 1924, two brilliant and wealthy young men murdered 14 year old boy just to see if they could get away with the gruesome act. One of them was traced by authority from unique glasses, he dropped accidentally at site while hiding body.
Y7KGd TIL about The Antibiotic Resistance Crisis - Due to the overuse of antibiotics and rapid evolution of bacteria, most of the antibiotics we use today will no longer work in the near future.
NL88 TIL a total of 56 crew members died in Star Trek’s original 5 year voyage, only 26 of whom are seen to be wearing red.
oRR5r TIL that Disney doesn't own the copyright to their theme tune, "When You Wish Upon a Star" from 1940's Pinocchio. The rights to that song, as well as several other Disney songs, were sold in 1933 to a music publisher because Disney "had no means of commercially exploiting" them at the time.
4XmX5 TIL that proposed South African dates for Iron Maiden's 1984-85 World Slavery Tour were cancelled due to the word "slavery"