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TIL of the Dugway sheep incident. March 13, 1968 A military jet leaked nerve agent over Utah's Skull Valley where it killed 6,000 sheep. It took 30 years for the military to admit it happened.

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MeNaW TIL there's an Australian moth (Uraba lugens) that wears its previous heads as a hat. They call it the Mad Hatterpillar.
9YxoX TIL that the term “Cup Of Joe” is named after Josephus Daniels. Daniels, a former secretary of the US Navy, banned the consumption of alcohol in the Navy. Thus, increasing the consumption of coffee which was referred to as a “a cup of Josephus Daniels” which was later shortened to “a cup of Joe”
69Ygw TIL Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction groomed and bought heroin for a 14 year old girl, became her lover, and she died at 18 of a heroin overdose. He later learned she was his cousin.
9evG TIL that In 569 B.C., according to greek historian herodotus, a single fart sparked a revolt against king apries of egypt.
6E9Ql TIL Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, Who Wrote Such Hits as "Surfin' Safari" and "Surfin' USA," Has a Lifelong Fear of Water