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TIL that for April Fools, Taco Bell claimed to have bought the Liberty Bell and was renaming it the “Taco Liberty Bell”, when the White House Press Secretary was asked about it, he said Ford was buying the Lincoln Memorial. And renaming it the Lincoln Mercury Memorial.“

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gZXX TIL, a 400 year-old Bonsai tree had survived the United States’ atomic bomb on Hiroshima…then was later given to the United States as a national gift.
b9eA4 TIL that in trial accusing Judas Priest of subliminal messages in their songs that made two young men commit suicide, the band argued that if you play speech backwards some of it will seem to make sense, so they played their album backwards and heard ‘Give me a peppermint’ and ‘Help me keep a job’
1ZBP TIL that the Native American Seminole tribe bought Hard Rock Cafe in 2006. “ We will buy back American one hamburger at a time”
WkLmL TIL that an elderly woman slept through the People’s Temple mass suicide in Jonestown. She woke up the next morning to discover the bodies of over 900 members of the cult.
OoZ66 TIL When The Empire Strikes Back debuted in 1980 some showings were preceded by the short film Black Angel which was directed by Star Wars art director Roger Christian. The film was thought lost for decades but has since been recovered and is available on YouTube.