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TIL the Pittsburgh Penguins had two living penguins as mascots : Pete (who died of pneumonia) and then they got… Re-Pete.

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M9lm TIL scientists have been studying Ketamine, a recreational, dissociative drug, as a cure for depression. It is often discredited by the public due to being known as a horse tranquilizer.
ekRJ TIL after a test preview for Apollo 13, an audience member said he disliked the movie because it had a “typical Hollywood ending” and that the crew would never have survived.
9YG0M TIL "Buffalo Gals" [The song sung by Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed in the movie "It's a Wonderful Life"] was written about the prostitutes of Canal St. in Buffalo N.Y., the Wickedest Street in the World with its “ladies “of the fancy ways.”"
d8eZd TIL that Glenn K. Tripp, a D.B Cooper copycat, hijacked a plane for a $600k ransom. He had his drink spiked with Valium by a flight attendant, and after a 10 hour standoff, lowered his ransom to 3 cheeseburgers and a head start on a getaway.
DQowY TIL about Captain James Purrington, a Revolutionary War veteran who murdered his wife and six of his children before killing himself in July 1806.