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TIL that Reagan declared ‘War on Drugs,’ in 1982 and privatized prisons in 1983.

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yVlwv TIL the 16-year-old son of a pilot was permitted to sit in the cockpit of an Aeroflot flight while it was on autopilot. However, he disengaged the autopilot, causing a chain of events that resulted in the plane crashing and the death of all 63 passengers and 12 crew members on board.
BB9e TIL: Mortal Kombat II was so popular when it hit the arcades that several of the machines were later installed with deadlock security panels on the back to prevent thieves from ripping the game’s motherboard straight out of the machine and taking it home.
EgGR7 TIL about unsinkable Sam, a cat who "served" in both sides of the war and survived the sinking of three boats
RBa TIL that Danny DeVito produced Pulp Fiction.
rNOE0 TIL around late September to early October, bull moose will dig a "rutting pit," into which they’ll urinate and then splash urine on their antlers—a scent that induces cows to ovulate.