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TIL each week, Katz's Delicatessen serves 15,000 lb of pastrami, 8,000 lb of corned beef, 2,000 lb of salami and 4,000 hot dogs

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loAl5 TIL William Burroughs shot and killed his wife in Mexico city. He spend 13 days in jail as his brother was bribing mexican officials in order to let him off the hook and delay the trial until he managed to flee back to the US. The incident is what sparked his career as a writer
NvLE TIL that in the 1950s the Montreal Canadiens were so keen to add a young hockey player named Jean Béliveau to their roster that they bought the entire league he was playing in. He went on to win 10 Stanley Cups while playing with Montreal.
plAG TIL that while Charles Barkley, Magic Johnson, and Larry Bird described playing on the 1992 US Olympic basketball team as the greatest experience of their lives, Michael Jordan said that the biggest benefit was learning about his teammates’ weaknesses. He later won three NBA finals against them.
X0LYR TIL McDonald's Monopoly was rigged in the 90s by a key employee who stole about $24 million worth of high-worth winning game pieces.
wNwY TIL that in 2006 a man armored a bulldozer with steel plates and concrete (making a tank), and destroyed half of Granby, Colorado