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TIL Futurama's Jurassic Bark Episode Is Based On a True Story

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KOKV4 TIL that Bismarck, ND, was considered the most wicked town in the west, largely because of a street known as Bloody 4th, or Murderer's Gulch. Law enforcement avoided the area; however, the US Cavalry did march into the street and had a shootout.
VBXm0 TIL In 1629 the English seized almost all of France's territories in North America. The seizure became a legal issue because Quebec surrendered after the peace treaty was already signed, and ultimately the territories were returned in exchange for Louis XIII paying his wife's dowry.
ZlKR TIL that no study has shown the food additive MSG to be dangerous and the entire public outcry against it in the 1970s was because of one letter sent to the New England Journal of Medicine
Y7mdv TIL that Point Nemo is the most remote place on Earth, with its coordinates being 48°52.6′S 123°23.6′W, and it’s known as the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility; it’s located approximately 1,450 nautical miles from the nearest land
dJld TIL C-4 is very stable and insensitive to most physical shocks. C-4 cannot be detonated by a gunshot or by dropping it onto a hard surface.