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TIL Hunter S Thompson used cocaine up to 11 times a day and had it with his sausage and eggs for breakfast

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X01rX TIL that when Ohio was added as a state in 1803, Congress forgot to ratify it’s constitution. Technically, Ohio wasn’t officially granted statehood until 1953.
Wo9B TIL the NFL will hold a ‘disaster draft’ should a disaster, or near-disaster occur to a team. The NFL defines the word 'near-disaster’ as less than 15 player casualties; the word 'disaster’ as greater than 15 player casualties. There are similar provisions for other sports leagues.
1a4xr TIL of Black September, an armed conflict that broke out in 1970 between the Palestinians and Jordan.
Ook96 TIL Jack Daniel (the founder of the whiskey) died from kicking a safe. When he kicked it, he broke his toe which got infected. He eventually died from blood poisoning.
6EAMY TIL: A former professional sumo wrestler came forward in a tell all book with allegations of match rigging, drug use, sexcapades, tax evasion, and close ties to the mafia. Both he and his co-writer were found dead in the same hospital, hours apart on the same day.