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TIL The Beach Boys performed a song written by Charles Manson on the Mike Douglas Show in 1969

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AB77 TIL hacker Samy Kamkar created a Myspace virus, which made anyone that looked at his profile automatically become his Myspace friend. It spread at a rate of 1000 accounts becoming his friend every second, resulting in over 1 million friends. Samy was raided by the Secret Service and got probation.
OOK7 TIL in Burma, drunk driving is punishable by either six months in jail, or USD 50 cents fine, or both.
DmVv TIL Jeep mass produced a fully electric delivery vehicle for the USPS in 1974.
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