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TIL that the US had something called “ugly laws”

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R7yJw TIL 'The Junkies' are the only radio program in the entire USA to take over for Howard Stern when he left for satellite radio to still be on the air in his same morning time slot to this day.
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.
R7E9a TIL After WWII, Messerschmitt developed microcars when the company was forbidden from manufacturing aircraft. Its KR200 set 22 international speed records for three-wheeled vehicles under 250cc during its 24-hour at the Hockenheimring in 1955.
0eVj TIL Adventure Time is set on Earth after an event known as The Mushroom War, and the only characters who lived through it were Marceline, her dad, and the Ice King.
N7Goe TIL The 1971 Coca-Cola ad ‘I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)’ featured a group of young multicultural people lip-synching the song on a hill to represent global unity. The South African government requested a version of the ad but without the black actors. Coca Cola refused