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TIL The journalist who wrote CIA contra-crack story died from a suicide (2 gunshots in the head)

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p8KOZ TIL Manatees are no longer endangered, but all the legal protections that have been in place for decades still apply because Floridians love seeing manatees and want more.
7rQMp TIL when Philip II of Macedon sent the Spartans a message saying "If I invade Laconia, I shall turn you out," the Spartans simply responded with "If."
Go0j TIL that Yogi Berra was ejected from a game after umps ruled that a ball hit by his player hit the concrete wall, which was in play, and not the plywood wall, which would be a home run. Yogi exclaimed, “Anyone who can’t hear the difference between wood and concrete must be blind.”
kOQw5 TIL the Great Salt Lake in Utah has an Island with over 500 wild bison
E1BbP TIL the company that produces the Jenga game initially wanted to change its name to "Timber!" or "Tumbling". This is because it didn't indicate how the game was played and people wouldn't know what it meant. The original creator refused because she thought the name would gain meaning later on.