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TIL Outlaws Bonnie and Clyde would often kidnap people, but drop them off with enough money to get home. After they found out one kidnap victim was an undertaker Bonnie laughed and said he would likely work on her body one day. He did exactly that.

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kEd5 TIL The band Oasis were sued by Coca-Cola and forced to pay $500,000 in damages after it was alleged that the Oasis song “Shakermaker” had lifted words and melody from “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing,” a Coke jingle. Asked about the incident, Noel Gallagher joked “Now we all drink Pepsi.”
j6V9n TIL that the difference between a roth and traditional IRA is that you contribute taxed dollars to a roth IRA and don't get taxed when you withdraw, whereas a traditional IRA is taxed with pre-taxed dollars but you get taxed in the tax bracket you're in at the time of your withdrawal.
X0EZE TIL that McDonald’s created a type of broccoli that tasted like bubblegum, in a failed attempt to provide a healthier happy meal. It was reported to taste “confusing”
jENn TIL U.S. mint planned to introduce an aluminum penny in the 1970’s but then canceled the plans out of concern that if people ate them doctors wouldn’t be able to detect them with x-rays.
dOrj TIL that the acoustic era (1877 to 1925) gave rise to the expression “put a sock in it”, which commemorates the common practice of placing a sock in the horn of the phonograph to muffle the sound for quieter listening.