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TIL speed limits are sometimes for air quality reasons
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TIL That Excavations of a kurgan in Russia in 2013 revealed that Scythian tribal chiefs used gold bongs 2400 years ago to smoke cannabis and opium.
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TIL Hugh Hefner paid $75000 for the burial spot next to Marilyn Monroe stating "Spending eternity next to Marilyn is too sweet to pass up".
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TIL: A military psychology tactic in late WW2 was to attach whistles onto bombs. As the bombs fell, they made the terrifying decrescendo whistling sound we think of today. The same sound is often dubbed over every type of bomb in movies and cartoons, despite only being used on a few specific bombs.
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TIL there was a general strike in Seattle in 1919 that lasted for six days, which supposedly resulted in "creating the first Red Scare" in America
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TIL all U-Hauls are registered in Arizona because the state does not require vehicle safety inspections.