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TIL That in 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated for attempting peace with Palestine.

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NXveE TIL on a beach in 2004 10-yr-old Tilly Smith recognized the signs in the ocean that a tsunami was minutes away because she had studied it 2 weeks before in school. She told a hotel chef who recognized the word tsunami & helped evacuate the area. Her actions are believed to have saved about 100 lives
awgXN TIL it only takes 42 seconds to grill a McDonald's hamburger patty on a double-sided grill. So technically no one has a job "flipping" burgers at McDonald's.
OonXL TIL Jesse James and his brother gave an indebted widow money to pay off her mortgage the day before the bank was to take her house and insisted she get a receipt for paying the man. They then robbed the banker on his way back to the bank.
0weNv Today I learned that 95% of the world's bourbon is distilled in Kentucky. There are more aging barrels of Bourbon in Kentucky than there are people.
KYD46 TIL Jose Canseco is the most successful author athlete of all-time having published 2 books—Juiced and Vindicated. Juiced spent 8 weeks on the New York Times bestseller lists and details the Steroid Era of baseball.