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TIL when the CDC found that having a gun in your home made it more likely that you would be murdered, the Congress, lobbied by the NRA, effectively banned further federal studies of gun violence.

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dDww9 TIL before 9/11, New York's deadliest disaster was an excursion steamboat sinking in 1904 with 1,021 deaths and 431 survivors (most could not swim at the time).
MeaAK TIL that Rear Admiral Selden Hooper was the only admiral in the US navy to be convicted by court-martial. It was because he was a homosexual.
ADPYx TIL English sailor, William Adams, had landed in Japan, after his crew had been plagued by violent attacks, terrible weather, and fatal illness. Upon the crew's arrival, Adams earned a position as an adviser to the Shogun, Ieyasu, and the status of being one of the first Western Samurais.
MeLb8 TIL that the popular snack "ants on a log" has a British variant known as Hippopotamuses on Thomases: Half English muffin with peanut butter and prunes
vP4EK TIL of the "D-Day Daily Telegraph crossword security alarm", where codenames related to the Operation Overlord plans appeared as solutions in crosswords in the British newspaper.