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TIL stock trader Jesse Livermore predicted the 1929 crash, made a profit due to his prediction, and became a target until his eventual suicide in 1940

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lDOr TIL during the Makahiki festival in Hawaii, the chief would go off shore in a canoe. When he came back warriors threw spears at him and he had to deflect them to prove his worthiness to rule.
N77BE TIL the longest running operation in the US Air Force is Operation Christmas Drop, which is a training mission where toys and treats are airdropped into Micronesia.
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e07nn TIL that the set of Sesame Street was intentionally made to look like a poor inner city block, complete with trash and decay, because the original target audience was inner city children and the producers wanted it to feel familiar
P14BZ TIL Kilmarnock, a town in Scotland celebrates Halloween on the last Friday of the month.