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TIL Zombie by the Cranberries was written as a protest song, and in memory of two boys who were killed in an IRA bombing.

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PYYQE TIL On November 13, 1979 Ronald Reagan proposed free trade between the US, Mexico, and Canada, i.e., NAFTA. And that Reagan was a globalist and the quintessential Establishment Republican!
eKOk TIL that since the 30s the FBI has kept lists of individuals & orgs deemed to be “suspects & potential subversives” who are to be arrested & interned immediately at the outbreak of war. These lists have no judicial oversight & can include people on the basis of hearsay & covert warrantless searches
AN0pn TIL Printing $2 bills is twice as cost effective for the US Mint as printing $1 notes since they both cost 6.2 cents to manufacture
p8gO8 TIL that Heinz petitioned American bun companies to consider equal hot dog-to-bread ratio.
epw1g TIL the term "county" is used in 48 US states, while Louisiana and Alaska have functionally equivalent subdivisions called parishes and boroughs respectively.