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TIL of Forest Fenn, an 85 year old millionaire who buried 2 million dollars worth of treasure and wrote a book about it. The treasure ranges from gold nuggets the size of chicken eggs, to sculptures dating back to the Ming Dynasty. He’s said that hunters have come within 250 feet of the treasure.

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WXMY TIL that a New Orleans police officer committed an armed robber murdering a uniformed policeman and two employees in the process. One employee hid in the freezer and was spared, the officer returned to “investigate” the crime and was identified by the survivor as the shooter.
R5d7j TIL France was still executing criminals by guillotine after ABBA won Eurovision
8aGmZ TIL about Minnie Freeman, a teacher in Nebraska in 1888 who saved all of her students after a freak blizzard struck. The winds were so strong the roof and door blew off the school. Using string she roped the kids together and trekked over a mile in whiteout conditions to the closest farmhouse.
X6dX TIL that Harlech Castle in Wales was the sight of the longest siege in the history of the British Isles, where Lancastrian forces held out against Yorkist forces for 7 years.
9beB TIL that Pop Rocks candy is made by exposing melted candy syrup to ~600psi of CO2, then allowing it to cool, thereby trapping highly pressurized micro-bubbles of gas in the candy.