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X0eOr TIL of the 1920 Wall Street bombing which killed 40 people and was never solved and was the deadliest terrorist attack in US then. Although investigators and historians believe it was carried out by Galleanists (Italian anarchists), a group responsible for a series of bombings the previous year.
kDWg TIL the Simpsons’ “Bart Gets an Elephant” is based on an episode of “The Price is Right”. An elephant was offered as a “bonus prize” as a joke. The real prize was $4,000 but the contestant wanted the elephant . The contestant got his wish & a live elephant from Kenya was delivered to him.
XEkVk TIL Robert Frost's "A Road Less Traveled" was intended to be a humorous jab at an indecisive colleague. The poem's intent was to convey how both paths are basically the same with the same outcome, so you should just select one randomly and get the fuck on with it already.
rNEbx TIL the Beach Boys didn't get their first number-one in the USA ("I Get Around") until their sixth album, "All Summer Long", which is considered one of the first true concept albums
VBXeQ TIL that the London Eye opened in 2000, and was originally intended to only be in operation for five years.