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TIL that the family of Colonel James E. Sabow who allegedly committed suicide might have actually been murdered due to his findings of Drug trafficking operations on Marine Corps Base El Toro in 1991.

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ne8YP TIL that the iconic photo of a milkman in the Blitz is a fake
d8Xr7 Why Is Blue So Rare In Nature? Duh, except for the sky… and the ocean…
Gd61 TIL: In Cuba, a special permit is required to use the Internet and all e-mails are intricately monitored. Cuba has been listed as an “Internet Enemy” by Reporters Without Borders since the list was created in 2006.
d8by8 TIL Two years before James Brady was seriously wounded during the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, he served as a press secretary to John Connally, who was seriously wounded during the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
v1djD TIL that Vin Mariani the Cocaine-Laced Wine was new kind of wine invented by French Chemist Angelo Mariani in the 19th century. Queen Victoria, Thomas Edison, and Ulysses S. Grant were all big fans of Vin Mariani. Pope Leo XIII awarded the drink an official medal from the Vatican.