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

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OoL91 TIL that the inventor of the Pringles can had his ashes buried in one.
X0e86 TIL that romantic kissing was only invented 3500 years ago, and its invention has been linked to the rapid spread of oral herpes.
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XYp8 TIL in the 90’s, a major testimony about horrific acts committed by Iraqi troops, including infanticide, was fabricated in order to gain support for the first gulf war.