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TIL Drive through liquor stores are legal in most US states

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V440 TIL that the Soviets had another massive nuclear disaster before Chernobyl which contaminated up to 20,000 square km of land. Despite their attempts to hide the incident the CIA knew all about it, but they also covered it up to prevent the growing US nuclear industry from panicking.
4kmK5 TIL of Silas Simmons, the oldest living baseball player of all time. Born in 1895, he played in the Negro Leagues from 1913-1929. After baseball, he was a porter and a department store manager. He died in 2006 at the age of 111, having outlived all 5 of his children and both of his wives
gMP94 TIL that Nicolas Cage, in a bidding war with Leonardo Dicaprio, purchased a dinosaur skull at auction for $276,000 only to return it later after finding out it was stolen.
Oo0ea TIL video game producer Sucker Punch's name came when the co-founder showed his wife a selection of names, to which she did not care "as long as it's not Sucker Punch". He considered the opinion of a middle-aged woman to be the opposite than the demographic of their games, so he chose it
698w7 TIL In 2011 the 7'2" WNBA center Margo Dydek died after suffering a massive heart attack at the age of 37. She was pregnant with her third child. She had retired after playing 11 seasons.