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TIL that it was illegal in Soviet Union to not have a job

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p8pwp TIL about Dorothy Kilgallen, a journalist who claimed to have inside information about the death of JFK. She was drafting a chapter about JFK's death in her book when in 1965, she was found dead in her apartment under suspicious circumstances. All copies of Kilgallen's drafts were never found.
4kEr6 TIL: The pre-game military fly-overs conducted while the Star Spangled Banner plays at pro sports events is actually a planned training run for flight teams and doesn't cost "extra" as many speculate, but is already factored into the annual training budget.
7Qlx TIL a trans woman wasn’t allowed to change her gender marker to female at the DMV, so she went outside and took off her shirt. She was arrested, despite her license saying “Male”
69RmX TIL that “costed” is not how you say how much something cost in the past. You just use “cost”.
l7JeG TIL that despite a growing population, full time college enrollment peaked in 2010 and has been dropping ever since