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TIL In 1936, Pennsylvania placed a 'temporary' tax on all alcohol sales to help out victims of the Johnstown Flood, and that tax is still charged.

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87eb TIL Norway’s first aircraft hijacking was resolved after the hijacker surrendered his weapon in exchange for more beer.
N0Ge TIL that during audience testing for the 2005 movie “Good Night, and Good Luck” a common complaint was that the actor portraying Joseph McCarthy was over the top, not believable. The film actually used stock footage of McCarthy himself.
Z8YXR TIL There was a British general who, thirteen years apart, personally surrendered to George Washington (Yorktown) and Napoleon Bonaparte (Toulon)
KO7GQ TIL the oldest evidence of humans in the Americas was found less than four months ago, and was several thousands of years older than previously thought
9w7Q TIL: There is an evangelical church in Dallas, TX that spent $4.7 million on their privately-owned fish aquarium