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NElJ TIL At 11AM every morning, a group of five ducks (led by a Duckmaster) descend from their penthouse suite to the lobby of the Peabody hotel in Memphis. After playing in the fountain, at 5PM they leave and return to their rooms. This has been going on for over 70 years.
b9Jx0 TIL the 16th century Girolamini library had been systematically looted by the library's director. Thousands of rare and historically invaluable books were stolen including works of Galileo and Kepler, many are still missing. The director was sentenced to 7 years house arrest.
wLR61 TIL that Fidel Castro has a sister, Juanita Castro, who lived most of her life in the USA after defecting from Castro's Cuba in 1964. She's now 88.
wLW4E TIL At the battle of Concord a 78 year old man took up arms against the British. He ambushed a regiment from a stone wall, killing a soldier. He drew his pistols killing two more. By the time he fired his third shot soldiers reached him. He was shot in the face & bayoneted. He made a full recovery.
Lp9m TIL in 2007 a court awarded the rights to OJ Simpson’s “If I Did It” book to the Goldman family. It was renamed “If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer”, with the “If” reduced in size to make it appear that the title was “I Did It”