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TIL that America’s nuclear arsenal stills runs off of 8 inch floppy disks

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E1n5d TIL, bud light sent a cease and desist letter to a small brewer who named a beer "Dilly,Dilly". The C&D letter was written on a scroll and announced by a town cryer.
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Br6oD TIL about cooping, a type of electoral fraud where voters were "cooped" up, given enough alcohol to make them complacent, and tricked into voting for specific candidates.