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TIL There is no law against cannibalism in the United States

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GYRrQ TIL 1-800-COLLECT was so popular in the 90s that AT&T launched a competing service, 1-800-Operator. However AT&T later discovered many people misspell Operator with 'er' instead of 'or' at the end, and that unfortunately, 1-800-COLLECT owned the misspelled number and had been taking their customers.
dDXL7 TIL about some US Marine named Charles Brown who received the Medal of Honor in 1872, but deserted in Shanghai before he could receive it.
9wgp6 TIL about the Soviet 'Dead Hand' system — an automated doomsday mechanism designed to launch nuclear retaliation strikes without human intervention after detecting incoming missiles
OGya4 TIL Ohio State University trademarked the word “the”
7rJjZ TIL that the Lockheed Scandal caused Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka to be arrested