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TIL Globs of white blood cells rained down upon a town in washinton causing residents to fall ill.

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b66pE TIL In 2009, two Northwest pilots had their licenses revoked (for at least one year) after they overflew the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport by 150 miles and had to turn around. Pilots said that they were using their laptops in the cockpit and lost track of time and place.
mdOR TIL there is a bar in Brooklyn where the legal drinking age is 25 years old, because “Young people are annoying”
v1MJL TIL counter to the portrayal in the Krakauer book and Penn film, Chris McCandless carried "into the wild" a wallet with multiple sources of identification and $300 in cash, as well as a map.
A65d TIL in 1916 an amendment to the Constitution was proposed that all acts of war would be put to a national vote. People voting yes would have to register as volunteers for service in the United States Army.
e0wGE TIL that there are 5 oil spills currently happening, one of which has been ongoing since September 2004 and the most recent of which started on the 6th of January 2018.