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TIL the first copy of Rolling Stone magazine came with a free roach clip to hold your joints.

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yVoyM TIL there has not been a midair collision of a jet airliner in the US in 36 years. From 1960 to 1986 there were eight such crashes, including one with a fighter jet near Los Angeles in 1971.
neDWo TIL Martha Washington probably did not name her feral tomcat after Alexander Hamilton, despite rumors that may have originated in a satirical letter after Hamilton's death.
LoNQ TIL Space shuttles have blunt tips creating as much drag as possible to create a blanket of pressure protecting the shuttle from fire while entering earth’s atmosphere
e0Wpg TIL the modern Olympic relay was invented by Hitler for the berlin olympics
wogkJ TIL that shaving your head doesn't make the hair grow back thicker and darker. Cutting the blunt tip just looks coarser; the follicle’s growth rate and color stay the same.