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TIL The Royal Canadian Mint is issuing a glow-in-the-dark dinosaur quarter.

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OGG07 TIL of the August 26, 1980 Harvey’s Lake Tahoe casino bombing. 3 men in maintenance uniforms rolled in a device covered in cloth labeled IBM to a 2nd story empty office with a note demanding $3 million. The FBI was forced to detonate it after failing to defuse it
Awkd TIL prior to becoming an actor, Paul Rudd was a DJ at Bar Mitzvahs
loJaK TIL in Japanese department stores, the staff will offer to put a plastic cover on your shopping bag when it rains. All of the staff knows it is raining outside without looking is because of a special BGM played only when it rains.
vPNp7 TIL that Coronals on the sun carry electric currents
R5g9Q TIL of the Siege of the city of Leningrad which occurred during WW2 and lasted for 872 days. It resulted in over 2 million deaths between the warring factions and the local civilian population. Some experts have classified it as genocide.