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TIL about the Ice cream barge, a WWII ship entirely devoted to making ice cream

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p8R6O TIL A U.S. Government Employee Ran a South Central LA Drug Ring in the 1980's; the DOJ Removed this finding from the CIA Inspector General Report before giving it to Congress -- U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Waters & Reporter Gary Webb Found a Secret Agreement that exempted the CIA from reporting Drugs
epZE5 TIL in 2010 during Netherlands' Remembrance Day ceremony a man screamed so loud into crowd of 20,000 people it caused a panic stampede injuring 87.
epgjL TIL L.A. news anchor Chris Burrous died on this date 6 years ago after passing out during a sexual romp with a male companion he met on Grindr. He OD’d after inserting two meth rocks rectally, leaving behind a wife and 9-year-old daughter.
M7oL8 TIL that there is a better preserved exact copy of the Mona Lisa, made by one of da Vinci's students simultaneously in the same studio as Leonardo. It shows details that are not visible in the Mona Lisa anymore.
KOAJQ TIL Johnny Cash's song "A Boy Named Sue" was actually written by Shel Silverstein (author/poet of children's books "The Giving Tree"; "Where the Sidewalk Ends"; and "A Light in the Attic")