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TIL in the 1987 movie Robocop, the city hall building of Dallas, Texas was used as OCP headquarters. Matte paintings were used to make the building appear taller.

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4XVb5 TIL Warren Buffett, worth $78 Billion, gave his son Peter a single inheritance of $90k worth of stock at age 19. He has never given him more financial assistance. Peter spent the money on recording equipment. Had he kept the stock it would be worth over $70 million today.
e7r6 TIL in 1992, a man who was likely innocent of a crime for which he was about to be put to death uttered these last words: “I’d like to thank my family for loving me and taking care of me. And the rest of the world can kiss my everloving ass, because I’m innocent.”
avlb TIL that during the 2008 world hops shortage, the Samuel Adams brewery sold 108 craft breweries their excess hops, at cost, to help prevent them from going under.
y8Rv TIL the ocean liner Olympic, sister ship to Titanic, became the only merchant vessel in WWI to sink an enemy warship when she rammed U-boat U-103.
VMZLQ TIL about Cahokia, the largest pre-Columbia city in what is now the United States. Its pyramids and earthen mounds stood near present-day East St. Louis, IL. Around the year 1050, it had 30,000 people, making it larger than London or Paris at the time. It was abandoned by 1400.