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TIL that the Eastern US can be circumnavigated by boat

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6RbJ TIL a man walked onto an unlocked National Guard armory, started a tank with push-button ignition (no key required), and drove it through a San Diego neighborhood for 25 minutes.
Z8mnv TIL the state of New York requires the seller of a house to disclose if they believe their house is haunted.
ANVRB TIL Apollo 16 astronaut Charles Duke holds the lunar high jump record at 2 ft 8 in (0.81 m). He landed backwards on his life support pack, risking death if it had broken.
a81O9 TIL that the word thug is derived from the Hindi word 'thugee' who were a criminal network of robbers and murderers that operated in India during the British Raj. They would befriend travellers, gain their trust, loot them and then kill them
vbO7 TIL the Virtual Reality Analgesia Research Center in Washington uses $35,000 goggles to obtain drops in pain ratings of burn victims by 30-50% through distraction. “VR not only reduces pain perception; it changes the way the brain processes pain signals.”