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

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69YK7 TIL about Thomas Scot Halpin, a fan of UK band The Who, who during a 1973 Quadrophenia tour concert volunteered to fill in for the remainder of the set after drummer Keith Moon had passed out from drugs and alcohol.
XE0oE TIL In 1780, approximately 5,500 French soldiers landed in Rhode Island to assist their American allies in operations against British-controlled New York City
LkjB9 TIL of Aglaonice of Thessaly, an ancient greek sorceress, part of a coven of witches known for their abillity to "draw down the moon". In reality, Aglaonice and her female accolites were likely accomplished astronomers able to predict lunar eclipses
ANPjg TIL an Australian company grows meat cultures of existing and extinct animals. In addition to investigating the potential of more than 50 species, including alpaca, buffalo, crocodile, kangaroo, peacocks and different types of fish, the company has created a "mammoth meatball."
YplWA TIL that the common ancestor of all fish had lungs, and that modern swim bladders in most fish are actually highly-derived lungs. In more oxygen-poor times hundreds of millions of years ago, being able to gulp down oxygen, which was more plentiful in air, was a huge evolutionary advantage.