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TIL in 1899 the southern States had four days of arctic cold, enough to freeze the entire length of the Mississippi River

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GAG44 TIL "Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein was banned by a number of libraries and schools across the United States.
ed45 TIL that, during the 1960s, many black civil rights protesters from Detroit were ‘diagnosed’ with schizophrenia (due to their 'hostile’ and 'aggressive’ behavior) and confined to asylums. Some protesters were locked up for more than thirty years and died in custody
5VBVn TIL that in 2015, a Louisiana man was arrested for drunkenly riding a horse on a highway. When detained, he said, "The horse knows the way home" and the sheriff concluded it did not constitute DUI.
OJAe TIL that the US aircrew that atom-bombed Nagasaki took a tour of the nuked city a month later and spoke to local Japanese …but kept who they were a secret.
JlGj TIL there is service in Boulder CO called Hangover Helpers that will come to your place, clean up after a party night, bring Gatorade, and cook breakfast. All for $20 per person.