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TIL the reason so many crazy news articles begin with “A Florida man/woman…” is because the media have unrestricted access to Florida police reports.

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rNdOW TIL that the oldest surviving video tape recording is from May 22, 1958 when the US President Dwight Eisenhower dedicates NBC'S WRC-TV new colour television studios in Washington D.C
GAArE TIL in 1996, A group of UFO conspiracy theorists from Long Island, New York led by a retired court bailiff had stolen radioactive materials and planned to assassinate Suffolk County politicians with deadly toothpaste, to expose the existence of aliens.
1v0W TIL Pan Am used to weigh its flight attendants every month and if they were too heavy they were suspended without pay until they lost a few pounds
O0DX TIL Chili’s has raised more than $30 million of its $50 million, 10-year commitment to St. Jude. Once completed, the donation will be the largest donation from a single partner campaign in St. Jude history.
697dX TIL That Mellow Yellow the Song by Donovan was actually written about a yellow dildo he saw in an ad