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TIL that “yellow journalism” within the newspaper company of William Randolph Hearst is responsible for misleading information regarding Marijuana, resulting in it being made illegal to protect his interests in the timber industry.

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9YL4M TIL that the small suburb of Anoka, Minnesota considers itself the Halloween Capital of the World. It has hosted a safe, family friendly Halloween parade almost every year since 1920, which started as a way to curb pranking and vandalism as was common on Halloween in those days.
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