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TIL that the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby in 1963 was broadcast live on national television and is the first known human killing seen live on TV.

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nerkr TIL In 1958, the US Air Force lost a nuclear bomb in the waters near Savannah, Georgia that has still not been found.
5YNDP TIL the Soviet Union successfully put out a gas well fire that was burning for 1074 days with a underground nuke
l7p9V TIL about The Million Dollar Highway in Colorado. It was built in 1883 as a toll way and operated as such until the 1920s when it was rebuilt. Legend has it that an early traveler was so overcome by vertigo on the steep, winding road that he said he would never travel it again even for a million $.
11eX TIL there is a mosquito used in biological pest control because its young eat other mosquito larvae. It is called the Elephant mosquito due to its size, and the adults feed on nectar, not blood.
5eEB TIL The Thuggee cult (from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) was a real cult of assassins that worshipped Kali