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TIL during the height of the Cold War the “missile gap” was highly exagerated; the Soviets may have only had 4 ICBM’s

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gMND4 TIL that 3 Dogs Survived the Titanic Catastrophe. A Pekingese and 2 Pomeranians were thought to have survived because they were kept in their owners’ first-class cabins instead of the kennel onboard the ship.
W48d TIL In 2014, The State of Alabama paid Universal Records $75,000 for 5-year rights for the phrase “Sweet Home Alabama”
4XZJ5 TIL the US Army played Rock and Heavy Metal music for 10 straight days until the Panamanian Dictator Manuel Noriega surrendered. He was hiding in an embassy the army couldn't enter, so they played it until he couldn't take any more
kOl5B TIL the first inter-state quarantine ever undertaken in America happened in Cincinnati in 1878 thanks to Dr. Thomas C. Minor - and it even received some pushback from the local community
1ol8 TIL In Edward “Blackbeard” Teach’s final battle, the notorious pirate captain was shot 5 times and cut or stabbed by a cutlass over 20 times before being killed.