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TIL about the “Bonus Army,” WWI veterans who in 1932 marched to D.C. demanding their promised wartime bonuses. Under Hoover’s orders, U.S. troops led by Gen. MacArthur used tear gas, bayonets, and tanks to crush them, killing 2 and injuring many.

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1GDd TIL that Carrie Underwood was born with a third nipple.
mx8OO TIL The first speeding ticket for an automobile driver was given by a policeman in Dayton, Ohio, in 1904, to Harry Myers for going 12 miles per hour on West Third Street.
Do1e TIL it is the chemical reaction between vegetables and olive oil that makes the Mediterranean diet healthy.
6jXw TIL that when the studio behind ‘Star Trek’ received a letter from a builder asking how to make automatic sliding doors that opened and closed as fast as on the Enterprise, the reply explained that the doors were manually operated by an offstage crewman. If too late, cast would hit unopened doors.
vLx4 TIL that in 1859, English settler Thomas Austin released only 24 rabbits onto his property in Australia, stating “The introduction of a few rabbits could do little harm and might provide a touch of home, in addition to a spot of hunting.” By the 1920’s the population reached 10 billion.