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gMDmb TIL that pigs have rings in the side of their nostrils to keep them from rooting
d7oZ TIL that in 2001, a documentary filmmaker set out to expose the Westboro Baptist Church for their “hate-mongering” beliefs. He instead joined the church, and is now one of the top pastors.
9lpD TIL that British Rail once held up a train for 20 minutes so that a distraught man could get to his mother in hospital before she died.
xNO0 TIL In July 1975, a 17 year old boy was killed while riding his moped. He was killed exactly a year after his 17 year old brother was killed while riding the same moped, in the same intersection, by the same taxi driver carrying the same passenger.
xVyJD TIL about Ten Cent Beer Night, a MLB promotion on June, 4, 1974, between the Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers, at Cleveland Stadium, leading to a riot between the teams and fans. Cleveland’s manager sent his team on to the field, with bats, in order to protect the Texas team from drunken fans.