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TIL for each meth lab discovered in California, about 80 are discovered in Indiana

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rNKMo TIL that heart strings can sometimes break after a deep emotional trauma causing the heart to lose form as a result be unable to pump blood effectively, you can literally die from broken heart.
7rbWp TIL John Rockefeller got out of Civil War duty by paying for a substitute.
6QQw TIL during WWII a group of students from the University of Munich were beheaded in Germany after distributing leaflets opposing the war.
1aKm4 TIL Elton John once bought a tram while on a 3-day cocaine binge. He had the vehicle shipped from Australia, and two Chinook helicopters were needed to deliver it to his house.
nWnRr TIL the first American spy satellites literally dropped their film from space in a "film bucket" that was then scooped up in midair by a plane.