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TIL: Fashion houses would send handbags from their rivals to Snooki in a bid to damage their reputations.

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epBOn TIL on the night of 22-23 July 1945 USN Commander Eugene Fluckey sent a shore party from his submarine USS Barb (SS-220) to sabotage a railroad. The raiders became the only Allied force to invade mainland Japan in the war, and the Barb became the only sub in history with a confirmed kill on a train.
ZpVbo TIL the first U.S official coin in circulation, the Fugio Cent, had the motto "Mind Your Business" instead of "In God we Trust".
d8Lrd TIL The Phrygian cap, a soft conical cap with the apex bent over, is an ancient and modern symbol of liberty associated with Ancient Rome, Revolutionary France, and the United States. The hat is worn by many national personifications and is on the Seal of the U.S. Senate.
VBgX4 TIL in 2018 an influencer bought an entire ghost town in California, he still lives there alone and says he's ready to die there
JYBWv TIL that since Uber was introduced in New York City in 2011, drinking-related car wrecks decreased by 25–35 percent in all boroughs.