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TIL that a young Joe Pesci introduced to one another the musicians that would later make the band "The Four Seasons". Joe was also a musician, and even released a 1968 album "Little Joe Sure Can Sing!"

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rNJ0d TIL about Archie Bunchien, who was acquitted in a 1996 quadruple homicide in Houston. Bunchien shot four people to death after one of the group came to his door late at night and punched him over a prior insult. The jury foreman said "Anybody who pounds on someone's door at 3 a.m. is up to no good."
X0VdD TIL that after the bombing of Hiroshima, an American POW in World War 2 was questioned about US atomic bombs. He told them he didn't know anything about that, but when they threatened to kill him, he "revealed" that they had hundreds and that Tokyo and Kyoto were next.
loEl5 TIL that the "tires" on the Apollo lunar rovers were made of a woven mesh of zinc-coated piano wire with titanium treads to keep them from sinking into the lunar soil. The tracks they left are only 1/2" deep.
78lRb TIL in 1788 the Hapsburg Monarchy lost between 1,000 and 10,000 soldiers in a battle that the Ottomans didn't show up to due to drunken scouts and lack of communication due to many different languages being spoken within the army.
7QX7 TIL That in May of 2011, the KKK showed up at a funeral the Westboro Baptist Church was protesting. The KKK protested against the WBC, saying, “It’s the soldier that fought and died and gave them that right to free speech.”