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TIL that “buttload” is an actual measurement - 126 gallons

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NAYM TIL that in 2008 Detroit police used SWAT tactics to raid a party at an art museum. Guns drawn, they forced everyone to the floor before searching every attendee and confiscating over 40 vehicles… all because the museum didn’t have the right alcohol permit.
adLJ TIL Homeland Security convinced a man to fly to Puerto Rico to try and dig up $1M worth of cocaine that he’d heard was buried there. After he was unsuccessful (twice) they just dug it up themselves and arrested him when they tried to give it to him.
7rdyL In 1781, Benjamin Franklin wrote an essay about farting
nJGG TIL the Great Pyramid of Giza was once covered in highly polished white limestone, before it was removed to build mosques and fortresses.
PYWNZ TIL that Leonard Adleman said "Well, it's going to be the least important paper I've ever been on" when accepting to be a part of development of the RSA algorithm.