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TIL AL Capone sponsored a soup kitchen in Chicago during the Depression.

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awk7J TIL Parents in Zimbabwe who cannot afford school fees can offer livestock such as goats or sheep as payment for tuition fees
mr0x TIL that in 2009, a Polish woman filed a lawsuit against a hotel in Egypt after claiming that sperm in the swimming pool got her 13 year old daughter pregnant.
woyb8 TIL the video game 'Tropico' where you play as a dictator was banned in Thailand after Thailand's military coup on May 22, 2014 stating it might affect the peace and order of the country.
dOy9 TIL a Starbucks grande coffee has 320 milligrams of caffeine, over four times the amount of caffeine in a Red Bull and the Starbucks cinnamon chip scone has more calories than a McDonald’s quarter pounder with 480 calories
e0pNE TIL that the five-mile-long Mackinac Bridge has a program that sends a crew member to drive people across if they're too afraid to drive themselves. It gets between 1,200 to 1,400 calls every year