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TIL that Scajaquada Creek, a waterway in Western New York, runs through a six mile long tunnel beneath the city of Buffalo, NY

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GA7Mj TIL Little Caesar's pizza used to have an arcade themed restaurant named Caesarland which contained arcade games and play equipment
rRabx TIL that Kazimierz Piechowski managed to escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp by stealing SS uniforms and a car. He and his 4 companions then drove to the gate, yelled at the guards to open, and drove off.
4EYw TIL than Santino is a zoo chimp that spends his mornings gathering rocks and other projectiles to throw at visitors who annoy him during the day
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