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TIL A man stole $200,000 and then murdered his entire family over an obsession with a Bulgarian webcam model.

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WLmB TIL Neil Armstrong once sued his barber of 20 years after he sold his hair to a collector for $3,000
g0my TIL that the Pyramids of Giza were more ancient to the ancient Romans, than Rome is ancient to us.
xGZD TIL of Zarif Khan, an Afghan man who came to Sheridan, WY in 1909 and began peddling tamales. By 1915, he acquired the nickname Hot Tamale Louie and opened a restaurant, Louie’s. In addition to his food, Khan was also famous for serving any customer, regardless of race, profession, or social class.
v1vor TIL The city of Bruges enjoyed almost 400 years of prosperity due to a single storm in 1134 that opened up a natural channel that allowed sea trade. It lost its prestige when the channel got blocked again in the 1500s.
Ye0r TIL: That on June 6th 1942, 500 Japanese soldiers invaded and captured Kiska, Alaska. Taking a 10 man (and 6 dog) US Navy weather detachment completely by surprise. By the end of the campaign more casualties occurred in Alaska than at Pearl Harbor.