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TIL that the United States government operates a single marijuana farm run by the University of Mississippi

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QaDL TIL Russian criminal and prisoners would get large chest and back tattoos of Stalin and Lenin, not out of respect, but to avoid having internal organs damaged during beatings by guards who would not denigrate the images.
xQx0 TIL in 2008 a drunk guy faced battery charges after he was accused of farting and fanning the odorous gas toward a police officer.
BgR6e TIL, that 'Iolani Palace in Honolulu Hawaii is the only official royal residence on US soil. When finished in 1882 it had indoor plumbing, electric lighting, and an early telephone. It had electrical lighting 8 years before the Whitehouse did in 1891.
78ADx TIL that St. Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, prophesized that Ireland will be destroyed by a flood 7 years before the Apocalypse
GWBG TIL of a Russian scientist who in 1978 was hit in the head with a proton beam travelling close to the speed of light. Despite the fact that the beam tunnelled through his head and damaged brain tissue, he was still able to complete a Ph.D.