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TIL of Luke Helder, who planted pipe bombs in mailboxes across several US states with the intention of drawing a smiley face across the map. He was caught before it could be finished.

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OoK64 TIL of the Ghost Camaro, a highly modified muscle car driven by a Danish Special Forces solder, used during the Bosnian war to successfully deliver much needed aid to civilians
woVxW TIL Stephen Hillenburg was inspired to create 'SpongeBob SquarePants' while listening to Ween's album 'The Mollusk' while tripping on acid in 1997.
9YrGG TIL that in 1986 a man named John R. MacDougall jammed HBO on the East Coast for almost 5 minutes, affecting 8 million people, all to protest their rates for satellite dish owners
ne50Y Today I learned that it is illegal to export more than $25 in pennies or nickels. Previously it was $5.
LkOlZ TIL in 1971, Texas lawmaker Tom Moore tried pranking the Texas legislature by introducing a resolution to commend the Boston Strangler for population control. The resolution passed unanimously. Some use this as a criticism that legislators don't read what they vote on.