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TIL that Kansas banned public bars until 1986

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wV1E TIL a police office from South Korea went on the 2nd largest killing spree in history after an incident with a house fly.
r8A1 TIL that Chekov did not appear on ‘Star Trek’ until the first episode of the second season. The character was created to attract young viewers by resembling Davy Jones of The Monkees.
ANNK7 TIL a person can be identified not only by fingerprints but also by tongue .
LMRv TIL in 2011, two judges were convicted in a scheme that involved $2.6 million in kickbacks from owners of private detention centers in exchange for diverting over 4000 juvenile defendants to the private detention centers, often for minor crimes such as mocking a principal on Myspace and trespassing
aWeZ TIL in 1993 James Scott from Missouri purposely damaged a levee on the Mississippi river to delay his wife coming home from work so he could party. Instead the river flooded 14,000 acres. He was later arrested and convicted of causing a catastrophe and sentenced to life in prison.