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TIL the annual Minneapolis Aquatennial Festival happens every year near the end of July, a timeframe chosen by sponsoring businesses in 1940 to deliberately conflict with Teamsters' annual celebration of union victory in the violent truckers strikes of 1934-35

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loVE7 TIL: The ceremonial podium from the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo was used as an execution site during the area's warfare in the 1990s. Restorers working after the '92-'95 Siege of Sarajevo patched-up the scarred cement and filled in the many bullet holes.
W049 TIL that the mayor of Dorset, Minnesota is only 4 years old and he was recently “re-elected” for another one-year term in office
Eg0AP TIL that GameMill Publishing (Skull island: Rise of Kong) Also published Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing.
Oom7Y TIL The stones at Stonehedge have been rearranged and repositioned by various groups since the early 1900’s.
v1RB8 TIL that during the Watergate investigation, the Nixon team offered to let a Democratic Senator listen to the 'Nixon tapes'. A Senator who was hard of hearing and on pain medication.