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TIL at the Starbucks located inside of the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Virginia, customer names cannot be called out or written on cups due to security concerns.

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7oKx TIL the Cleveland Indians once had a “10 cent beer night” that ended in the crowd rioting and attacking the players and umpires. Players and coaches used baseball bats to fend off the rioting fans.
0wZy TIL 120 years ago a man dug up his daughters grave believing she was a vampire. He cut out her heart, burned it & made tea with the ashes. He forced his sick son to drink it, thinking it’d cure his son of becoming a vampire.
e0O6L TIL that in Cuba condoms are considered a multipurpose tool, used for fishing, hair dressing and wine making, among other things
4XbKX TIL an Arkansas woman filed a lawsuit over artwork in The Little Mermaid, the VHS box art supposedly showing a penis shape and one scene appearing to show a clergyman's erection.
Mewj0 TIL cuboid bone fractures are rare and are sometimes called "nutcracker fractures"