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TIL that Montgomery, Alabama, is named after a different, unrelated person than the namesake of Montgomery County even though the city is the seat of the county.

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4Kwg TIL in 2001 Smith & Wesson lost 40% of their business due to a boycott by the NRA for entering into an agreement with the federal government to put locks on its handguns, and researching and implementing “smart-gun” technology that would only allow the owner to operate it.
P19bO TIL that farts travel at 10 ft/s (or 6.8 mph/3 km per hour), and a scientist who studies farts is called a flatologist
70M TIL that the Ancient Olympic games were competed in the nude and were cancelled due to Christians viewing it as a Pagan festival
neMM7 TIL blackcurrants are outlawed in most of the United States.
jrxM TIL the members of post-hardcore band Fugazi refuse to be interviewed by Rolling Stone magazine unless they agree to print an issue with no alcohol/tobacco ads due to their straight edge beliefs