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TIL, South Dakota had a large advertising campaign: “Meth — we’re on it”

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NxZe TIL that The Writers and Directors Guilds of America fined George Lucas $250,000 and tried to have Star Wars V pulled from theatres because he put the credits at the end of the movie rather than the beginning; a highly unusual choice at the time.
m1LRE TIL that the Richter Window is the stained glass window in the south transept of the Cologne Cathedral. It's made of 11.263 glass squares -each 9.6×9.6cm/3.78×3.78in- in 72 different colors and covers a surface of 106m²/1141ft².
N5pQ TIL serial killer Richard Ramirez once shot a woman in the face with a .22 caliber handgun outside of her home. She survived the attack because the bullet ricocheted off the keys she held in her hands as she lifted them to protect herself.
EgrOp TIL that "Elefantenrennen" (elephant racing) is the German word for one truck passing another truck
5Y1g8 TIL that DNC party bosses stole the VP nomination from Henry Wallace and got Truman on the ballot with FDR in 1944