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TIL of Howard Unruh and his "Walk of Death." Howard, a WWII vet, killed 13 people during a 12 minute walk through his New Jersey neighborhood. He is recognized as one of the first mass shooters in the USA.

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yVVl TIL the Partnership for a Drug Free America, who created the “this is your brain on drugs” ad, has received several million dollars from major pharmaceutical, tobacco and alcohol corporations
9YAb6 TIL in 2015, Indonesia Police burned 3 tons of marijuana and accidentally made an entire town high
M7Vrm TIL of Alexander Carlisle who was responsible for the lifeboats and watertight doors on The Titanic. He resigned after his recommendations that more lifeboats be fitted to The Titanic was refused.
VB0p0 TIL that Andy Warhol was secretly a devout Byzantine Catholic, who attended church almost daily. At one point, he financed his nephew’s studies for priesthood, and was also responsible for at least one religious conversion. Warhol’s brother described him as “really religious”.
mxWxP TIL Pyotr Tchaikovsky's family original last name was Chaika (Seagull) and it was of a distinguished Ukrainian Cossack background. Tchaikovsky wrote more than 30 compositions while in Ukraine, because - "I found a feeling of peace in my soul, which I couldn't find in Moscow and St Petersburg"