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TIL My belief that the reason there is no channel 1 on TV sets was because channel 1 was reserved for the US military is WRONG! Experimental TV stations on channel 1 frequencies experienced too much radio interference. So the FCC cut channel 1 leaving channels 2 thru 12 on VHF.

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NXElE TIL that the Indemnity Ordinance gave legal immunity to people involved in the assassination of the Founding Father and Prime Minister of Bangladesh and his family. By the time the law was repealed, many of the people involved had fled the country and are still currently living as fugitives abroad.
d8xJB TIL: After returning from the moon the crew of Apollo 11 had to go through US customs at Honolulu airport after splashdown. Their declaration stated three crew, no passengers and moon rock and moon dust samples as cargo.
KOe0G TIL that from 2005 to 2013 there were two Albert IIs reigning as heads of state: Albert II, King of the Belgians, and Albert II, Prince of Monaco
wLB9o TIL Panama hats were never made in Panama and instead originated from Ecuador
pkoO TIL of Radithor, a health drink in the 1920s that contained radium and slowly killed its customers. But it didn’t cause a public health crisis because it could only be afforded by rich people (unlike cheaper, safer knockoffs)