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TIL in Mount Dora back in 1961, the 25 richest families got together and built a huge underground bunker for themselves. They kept it secret from the rest of the town and stockpiled weapons to kill their neighbors if they tried to get inside.

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wLQp7 TIL The idea for "Bunker busting" bombs (bombs designed to explode shortly after hitting a target -- penetrating, then exploding) came from a Disney cartoon made during WWII. Once made, they were nicknamed "Disney Bombs."
JYaY8 TIL Suicide Rate is 3 times higher than Homicide Rate in the US
wLvN1 TIL that the phrase "I know it when I see it" was popularized from a SCOTUS Justice to describe the threshold for "hard-core pornography".
9Y66m TIL former Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas claimed that people acting on the orders of President Richard Nixon were trying to plant marijuana in his yard so that they could stage a televised raid and force him to retire from the court, with his replacement appointed by Nixon.
R5Nx4 TIL: Avis car rental company can automatically upload your phone content, data, contacts, etc. See the last paragraph of Section 33.