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TIL in 1967, hippies attempted a ritual to levitate the Pentagon in the air to end the Vietnam War.

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XRZj TIL John McGroarty, a former Congressman from California, wrote a letter to a constituent in 1934 and said “One of the countless drawbacks of being in Congress is that I am compelled to receive impertinent letters from a jackass like you…Will you please take two running jumps and go to hell.”
4kOmw TIL in 1800’s New York City, pigs roamed freely and ate trash in the streets. When city government attempted to ban them in 1821, pig owners refused and rioted, causing the government to suspend their efforts. Over the next 28 years, owners continued to riot anytime the city tried to ban pigs.
OOj6 TIL Mr. Rogers had a jazz trio accompanying him onset, while taping the show, rather than using prerecorded, queued music.
le8G TIL they tried to save a B-29 Bomber from WWII that was abandoned in the arctic only to have it burn down during takeoff
WlV8 TIL the Masai Tribe in Kenya donated 14 cows to the US after 9/11. “The handkerchief we give to people to wipe their tears with is a cow,” they said.