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TIL a liquor store in Oklahoma City installed a machine gun tower on the roof of the store after being bombed by the mafia multiple times

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N97N TIL that after most US cities prohibited the use of lead pipes in the 1920’s, the Lead Industry Association mounted a propaganda campaign highlighting the “advantages” of lead over other materials. The LIA’s activities resulted in the proliferation of lead pipes for decades.
P1ayL TIL The success of Rollerball (1975) led to promoters wanting to buy the rights to the in-film sport. The director, Norman Jewison, was outraged as the movie was to show the "sickness and insanity of contact sports and their allure."
yQvJJ TIL Grumpy Cat’s net worth is $100 million
nePK7 TIL about the biggest pizza ever created. It was 13,580 square feet and made in Rome, Italy, in 2012. The pizza was gluten-free and named “Ottavia” after a roman emperor.
D17Qv TIL that Spain still recognizes nobility titles in Mexico that were granted before its independence (some were granted after)