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TIL on the final day of the O.J. Simpson murder trial, during the announcement of the verdict, Dominos Pizza reported receiving no orders for 5 straight minutes nationwide.

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rR090 TIL the German armed forces have the concept “inner guidance”, which obliges every citizen-soldier to think for themselves. Soldiers may disobey orders against their conscience and it officially traditionalizes the actions of the July-plot conspirators, like Claus von Stauffenberg.
neEl9 TIL: As the Great Depression had struck the country, Brazil couldn't afford to send its athletes to the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles. So they loaded a ship with coffee and the delegation of 82 athletes traveled in this ship selling coffee along the way to fund the trip.
6Pwl TIL that MI6 British intelligence hacked into an al-Qaeda online magazine and replaced bomb-making instructions with a recipe for cupcakes.
NX8PJ TiL: Douglas Robert Ford Jr. followed his brother, Robert Bruce Ford, into Ontario Politicks
e0YOg TIL airplanes that fly the advertising banners do not take off with the signs. They lower a grappling hook and grab them from the ground.