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TIL Jesse James once gave a widow who housed him enough money to pay off a debt collector and then robbed the debt collector as the man left the widows home

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N76nJ TIL a NASA Little Joe 2 rocket ripped itself apart during an escape system test, a failure thay ultimately was an important demonstration of how well the system worked after the boilerplate capsule was pulled safely away from the doomed rocket.
0wZDN TIL that there is no species of animal that is a black panther. "Black panther" is just a term for any large sized feline with a genetic disorder that causes melanism, giving them their black appearance.
v1kvR TIL the main reason as of why the modernPpaper Mario series seem to avoid their classic rpg design from the first games is because Shigeru Miyamoto doesn't want the developers of the series to "stagnate" on the classic rpg mechanics.
766M TIL soda is fizzier in cans (vs plastic bottles) because CO2 cannot escape an aluminium can. CO2 escapes sealed PET bottles quite readily.
b6Jr0 TIL about Freeports. Tax Free storage units the wealthy use to store Art, wine, and artifacts investments. The Geneva freeport holds more art then the MOMA in pieces and value.