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TIL Seattle was the site of a mass collective delusion in the 1950s, when thousands of people thought their cars were being pitted by cosmic rays or sand fleas.

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GYg9E TIL: Benjamin Franklin was the originator of raising taxes to pay for lower income families to do public service for a wage. City sweepers were the original public service job of the 1700s.
oepo TIL A magazine published by a group that denied the AIDS virus existed was forced to cease publication because all of its editors died of AIDS.
bLMZ TIL In 1988, Ken Griffey Jr attempted suicide by swallowing 277 aspirin pills. On his failed attempt, Griffey, Jr. stated, “It seemed like everyone was yelling at me in baseball, then I came home and everyone was yelling at me there. I got depressed. I got angry. I didn’t want to live.”
NVQM TIL there is a diamond encrusted Mercedes that will cost you $1000 to TOUCH.
rlAw TIL That the FBI responded to MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech by labeling him a major enemy of the US, while the Norwegian Nobel Committee responded by granting him the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize.