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TIL dry cleaning is not dry at all. It still involves washing the clothes, but with a special liquid solvent instead of water

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awl8M TIL of John Ruffo, a fugitive who in 1998 was convicted of a scheme to defraud US and foreign banking institutions of 350 million dollars. He was last sighted in 2001, visiting community banks trying to open an account so he could receive $250 million of wire transfers from Nigeria.
XE0L6 TIL in 1996 Cory Foulk competed the Ironman Hawaii barefoot on a 61 pound beach cruiser promotion the World Triathlon Corporation to add rules enforcing footwear and race style bicycles.
ep546 TIL that there are Zoroastrians in India
JYDgm TIL desegregation resulting from Brown v. Board of Education led to the layoff of 38,000 black teachers when school districts were integrated, even though black teachers had a greater percentage of college attainment than their white counterparts. 90% of black principles were also laid off.
G4RJ TIL of a Russian cult that worships the character Gadget from 80’s cartoon Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers