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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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nevN7 TIL that the US Air Force seriously considered and researched Nuking the Moon as a show of force after Russia launched Sputnik, but scrapped it at the last minute as they felt landing on it would be better received by the public.
AVEo TIL a man flipped off a woman while entering a Utah Freeway, and proceeded to have his middle finger shot off by her with a .357-caliber revolver
R7NL1 TIL that Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology, was a paranoid schizophrenic. His wife had him committed to a psychiatric hospital and it was after this time that he wrote out against all psychology and psychiatric practices. This is why the Church of Scientology is adamantly against them
l7EdB TIL Bald eagles are not bald, the name derives from an older meaning of the word, "white headed"
88oZ TIL that almost 10 years ago, PETA offered $15k to the town of Hamburg to change name to Veggieburg