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TIL there were only two English words that end in "gry"-- hungry and angry. In 2018, the Oxford English Dictionary added a third-- "hangry" (an irritable state induced by lack of food).

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WG7d TIL A woman confessed to trying to kill her husband by putting poison in her vagina and urging him to have oral sex with her. One commentator dubbed the murder plot “cunning cunnilingus.”
11ad TIL “Macho Man” Randy Savage released a rap album in 2003, which included a diss track aimed at Hulk Hogan
a806J TIL that in 1998 the World Trade Center was robbed by three criminals hired by the North Jersey Mafia. $1.6 million dollars were stolen from the 11th floor of the North Tower. This would be the last of a series of crimes committed at the WTC until 9/11.
9YEgX TIL of Project Stormfury. Ran by the US government in 1962, it was an attempt to weaken tropical cyclones by flying aircraft near the eye walls, and “seeding” them with silver iodide in hopes to freezing their inner structures. The project was a failure, and ended in 1983.
x6Epb TIL that no US President has ever used the Emergency Alert System despite events such as the 9/11 attacks, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the Cuban missile crisis. It is believed that the audio-only EAS messages would actually hinder the ability of the media to present live news coverage.