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TIL of the longest tail-back in history — cars moved at 2 miles per day

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KDr9 TIL After a power outage in Los Angeles in 1994, dozens of people starting calling the local observatory panicking about the “strange sky”. They were talking about the stars.
aGVb TIL the IRS seized 100k of a man’s money for suspecting him of illegal activity even though they couldn’t prove it and refused to give it back.
WkpmB TIL that a common form of execution in ancient Asia was by elephant. The elephants were also trained to dismember or torture people slowly. In some places, it continued until the 19th and 20th century.
Nnb1 TIL When the Kurds revolted against British rule in the 1920’s, Winston Churchill said; “I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against the uncivilized tribes… it would spread a lively terror.” Decades later, Saddam Hussein did what Churchill advocated (Poison Gas Attack on Halabja, 1988).
QJAgE TIL Taco Bell has failed twice to expand their operations to Mexico. In 1992, Mexican customers found their tacos too expensive, and in 2010 their expansion restaurant closed because customers were unfamiliar with the menu items.