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TIL of the Rajneeshee bioterror attack, in 1984 a cult sprayed salmonella on doorknobs and food in a town in Oregon to poison people so they would be too sick to vote and the cult could take over the town. It was the largest biological attack in U.S. history

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Xp5P TIL that there’s a school that allows students to do whatever they want. No curriculum. No tests or HW. No classes unless requested. 82% of these students get accepted to college, as opposed to the 63% national public school average.
yQ1AJ TIL The Florida Highway Patrol has as a semi truck as a patrol vehicle and occasionally makes traffic stops.
W7x48 TIL that Rose's lime juice was the world's first commercially produced fruit concentrate.
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OG4Xe TIL about The Tarasque, a creature from French mythology. According to the Golden Legend, the beast had a lion-like head, a body protected by turtle-like carapace(s), six feet with bear-like claws, a serpent's tail, and could expel a poisonous breath.