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TIL A Florida man butt-dialed 911 while discussing murder plans. He was charged with 1st degree murder after man discussed was found shot in car after getting into an argument with murderers at a Waffle House restaurant

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oWYr TIL Frank Shuman was an American inventor, engineer & solar energy pioneer noted for his work on solar engines. He built the world’s first solar thermal power station in Maadi, Egypt in 1912. His plant managed to pump 6,000 gallons of water per minute from the Nile River into adjacent cotton fields.
vmY4 TIL In the final days of WWII, German Wehrmacht soldiers fought alongside US Army troops to defend a medieval castle from the Waffen SS
ADLG7 TIL Clare Hollingworth, an English journalist who first broke the story of the German occupation of Poland in 1939, putting her phone out her window so a doubting British diplomat could hear the tanks.
WkDJN TIL: Trinity Southern University was sued for allegedly selling fake degree after investigators was able to obtain a fake college degree for their cat.
6nK7 TIL Russia didn’t consider beer to be an alcoholic beverage until 2011. Before then it was classified as a soft drink.