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TIL the American government poisoned alcohol during its prohibition causing a number of deaths

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Mgkb TIL there was Russian novel published in 1999 which re-tells The Lord of The Rings from Sauron’s perspective
gJo8 TIL in 1959, U.S. Postal Service successfully shipped mail using a cruise missile, delivering cargo from New Jersey to Florida in 22 minutes
GYD8Q TIL Velociraptors had feathers and were only around 20 inches tall - roughly the size of a turkey but with a longer body.
JYkDQ TIL during the 2014 Groundhog Day festival, New York mayor Bill de Blasio dropped the Staten Island Zoo's weather-predicting groundhog on its head, killing it -- which was then covered up by zoo officials who claimed Staten Island Chuck had "died of natural causes"
N714M TIL: When Texas surrendered the land currently known as the “Oklahoma Panhandle”, it was actually unowned for 40 years. Officially called the “Public Land Strip” during that time but often referred to as “No Man’s Land”.