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TIL a portion of the “snow” seen on television screens is microwave radiation left over from The Big Bang.

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8a6GP TIL, that Oct. 2, 1929 marked the last time a Work Union existed in the small town of Marion, NC as 6 members were shot in cold blood by the local sherrifs. Seven of whom were Anti-Union and deputized moments before the shooting. All were aquitted.
RKGl TIL during pre-Civil War America, when free, blacks disproportionately became slave masters. About 28 percent of free blacks owned slaves—as opposed to less than 4.8 percent of southern whites, and dramatically more than the 1.4 percent of all white Americans who owned slaves.
woEL7 TIL That according to a long standing tradition, every year after the last supply plane left Antarctica for the winter and the base was buttoned up for a long dark wait until spring, the whole crew would gather in the lounge together to watch The Thing.
nWKBW TIL after Leona Helmsley did not pay her contractors that worked on her Connecticut home, she was investigated for tax evasion, and she received a 16 year sentence. During trial her housekeeper testified that Helmsley said "only the little people pay taxes." She ended up serving 19 months in prison.
mxxlO TIL that Twinkies were initially filled with banana cream before WWII. When bananas were rationed due to a food shortage, the company switched to the cream filling, which turned out to be far more popular. Also, despite misconceptions, a Twinkie’s shelf life is only 25 days.