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TIL 26% of the current population was born during or after 2004

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NXBme TIL of Danny Casolaro, a researcher who was found dead in a hotel bathtub shortly before he was set to expose that Reagan committed treason by conspiring with the Iranian government to keep the hostages until his inauguration
wLmJo TIL The famous "War of the Worlds Panic" where rural dust bowl Americans tuning in post intro took to their rifles and bunkers after tuning in to the radio play, never happened. It was invented by newspapers of the day to make people distrust radio, and keep trusting the paper.
kJLne TIL about Jacques Hébert's public execution by guillotine in the French Revolution. To amuse the crowd, the executioners rigged the blade to stop inches from Hébert's neck. They did this three times before finally executing him.
4gaJ TIL that in 1993, Clarence Aaron, a college student with no criminal record, was given three life sentences with no chance of parole for introducing two drug dealers. His sentence was commuted last month.
wokB7 TIL that in 1978 an entire pulp mill was shipped from Japan to the Amazon rainforest in Brazil