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TIL Pablo EskoBear, a 175lb black bear, died after eating 76lbs of Cocaine.

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aYMo TIL Al Capone’s lawyer, Ed O'Hare, wanted to show his son how to be a good man; he testified against Capone and was killed. The son, Butch, went on to save an entire US fleet from Japanese bombers, win the MOH, be the first Navy Ace, and have O'Hare airport named in his honor.
e0WxJ TIL when India had an epidemic,Nipah virus outbreak in 2018, 3 doctors identified and reported it.Authorities immediately got in touch with WHO;2000 people were quarantined,17 people died in total.The outbreak was declared over within 2 months and the state was lauded for preventing a big epidemic.
EgAX TIL Jackie Kennedy undertook a historical renovation of the White House that sought to replace the cheap furniture bought by the Trumans with pieces of WH historical furniture. She famously asked the Eisenhowers to give back the Washington era China they had taken home after leaving office.
ywWM TIL of Project PACER, an attempt to produce power from nuclear bombs by detonating them in an underground cavity full of water, and using the steam to drive a turbine. It was cancelled due to the controversy surrounding nuclear bombs.
E15bV TIL That Soviet TV sets were so faulty and defective, that they would occasionally explode and start house fires which would sometimes kill Soviet citizens