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TIL in 1970, a pizzeria owner tried to catch the Zodiac Killer by filming a movie about him and hosting a premiere party in San Francisco, in the hope that the actual killer would show up to see it

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nnM9 TIL the plot of the pilot episode of the show “The Lone Gunmen”, a spinoff of the X-Files, featured 3 conspiracy theorists thwarting a secret government plot to fly a plane into the World Trade Center and blame it on foreign interests in order to boost defense spending, it aired march 2001.
VMm1D TIL about Gloria Ramirez “The Toxic Lady” who in 1994 had a strange effect on the hospital staff...
wL7yY TIL that Aerosmith had a shoot 'em style arcade game called Revolution X
9no6 TIL that the United States led the world in forced sterilizations before Nazi Germany.
Wx9d TIL 70% of milk served in U.S. schools contains on average 4 teaspoons of added sugar per serving (about half the amount of sugar as a serving of Coke).