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TIL that US government spent 900 milion $ for Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques that proved to be fruitless and had no scientific background

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8eB44 TIL that it used to be common for politicians to bribe voters with booze. It was called "swilling the planters with bumbo"
grPbD TIL that prior to the 1920s, up to 70% of children in parts of the United States had goiters due to iodine deficiency.
beQE TIL - William Shatner purposefully wasted time and ruined the alternate take to ensure the first interracial kiss on television happened.
WkoWL TIL The Nike sneaker based on Freddy Krueger was ordered to be destroyed due to legal issues. The already made pairs were covered in oil and set ablaze , just like Freddy was in the first Nightmare on Elm Street film
9w7OD TIL Nellie Bly, the journalist who went undercover as a patient to investigate a mental health asylum, was also the same person to first travel the world in under 80 days