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TIL the “fake marijuana” leaf of the boy suspended in Bedford turned out to be actual marijuana

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PY6wE TIL about the Wandering Jew, a character from Christian legend. He taunted Christ on his way to the cross and as punishment is forced to walk the earth until the Second Coming.
vPb04 TIL during WWII, the US military tested mustard gas on Japanese American, Puerto Rican, and African American soldiers. Rollin Edwards recalled: "It felt like you were on fire... Guys started screaming... It took all the skin off your hands."
AD4v4 TIL about the Carrington Event which destroyed huge parts of the world's electrical system at the time.
9wAdQ TIL in the 1987 movie Robocop, the city hall building of Dallas, Texas was used as OCP headquarters. Matte paintings were used to make the building appear taller.
oRJxo TIL that four young people drowned in a narrow passage in an underground cave in Provo Utah 2005. They think one person tried to turn around and the others were unable to pass her. They knew the cave was unsafe.