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TIL about the Texas Archive War, in which Texas fought a (small) civil war over the location of official documents

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8amKL TIL In 1953, the newspaper Liberation published a death-bed confession by a Parisian roofer that he had murdered Zola by blocking the chimney of his house
ZZjD TIL that the book keeper at the 1st franchised Mcdonald’s worked for free for the first 9 months and little pay after that, and was given 10% of the company. 10 years later she cashed in part of her holdings for $300,000 (worth 1.7 mil today) and kept the rest worth 5 mil (28 mil today).
loGZB TIL that approximately 25,000 golf balls are lost each year at the CDA Resort Golf Course in Idaho under the only floating green in the world.
wokVY TIL Hollywood elites signed a petition in support of Roman Polanski
pMdZ TIL ancient Egyptian workmen who dug the pharaohs’ tombs got paid sick leave, according to 3000 year-old records