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TIL During a city-wide ‘lockdown’ after the Boston Marathon bombings, selected Dunkin’ Donuts locations were ordered to remain open to serve police despite the closing of the vast majority of city businesses.

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9YLZX TIL Jack Ma, the founder of one of China's most successful companies, failed primary school twice and middle school three times and also failed his university exam three times - he was also rejected by the police force and even KFC - but now is the one of the richest people in the world
yQGMe TIL a man walked into a Walmart wearing an employee vest, told a cashier that they were wanted in the office, helped the remaining customer in line, emptied the cash register, then walked right out. He may have robbed 3 other Walmart locations as well.
0d1YR TIL that Chang and Eng Bunker, not only were the original "Siamese twins," but after traveling the world and making a pretty penny from exhibiting themselves, settled in North Carolina, became U.S. citizens, bought/owned slaves, and married two sisters whom they produced 21 children with.
OKVe TIL: the word “thug” comes from Thuggees, who were professional robbers and murderers that terrorized India for 600 years. They were eventually destroyed by the British
XEp1Q TIL After WW2, most countries did not acknowledge the treatement of homosexuals in concentration camps in Nazi Germany. Some men were even re-arrested and imprisoned based on evidence found during the Nazi years. The German government finally apologised in 2002.