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TIL about a Kentucky man who wanted to deter illegal fountain-divers, so he put up a sign saying "Danger! Water Contains High Levels of Hydrogen!", hoping to exploit people's lack of knowledge.

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PYEBg TIL that none of the actors in the infamous “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast from 1938 intended for the citizens of America to take it as seriously as they did, considering that many of the scripts were improvised and most of the sound effects came from houseware items
5Yx18 TIL Jackie Kennedy's pink suit worn when her husband, John F. Kennedy, was assassinated is locked away in the National Archives until at least 2103.
R0PQ TIL the guy who called fast food restaurants causing managers to strip search young female employees for 10 years was acquitted at trial
LPav TIL the Spanish Inquisition ended witch trials in Spain a full century before the rest of Europe because it required scientific proof of witchcraft - not just eyewitness accounts.
PYrxw TIL when Julie Andrews received her damehood in 2000, Queen Elizabeth said to her that she’d ‘been waiting for this for a very long time.’ One of Julie Andrews’ earliest performances was at age 13, singing “God Save the King” before a then Princess Elizabeth.