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gMlLA TIL that Target has their own forensics lab which is so good that police departments routinely ask them for help.
BrBXe TIL of the unrecognized country that briefly existed between the US and Canada, the Republic of Indian Stream. Canada and the US sent in tax collectors which angered the population and the Republic was formed until the US and Great Britain could reach a settlement on the boundary line.
XWbk TIL Australian-born American actor Errol Flynn & Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard were close friends. According to Hubbard’s son, the two were involved in illegal activities together including drug smuggling and a mutual affinity for underage girls
Wkgx4 TIL That the phrase “drink the kool aid” is factually inaccurate. It was the off-brand “Flavor Aid” that was used in the Jonestown Massacre.
m1xeM TIL pork butt is not the rear end of the pig, it's actually the shoulder. The pork shoulders were named after the barrels they used to be kept in, which were called butts.