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TIL Stephen King’s inspiration for “Carrie” hit him while cleaning the girl’s bathroom at his alma mater as a Janitor. He also abandoned the story after disliking his 1st draft, but his wife found it in the trash, read it, and implored him to try again.

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wybJ TIL there’s a building project in Berlin, Germany where they want to build a a christian church, a mosque and a synagogue all in one.
AlLn TIL Al Capone earned $105m per year in the Prohibition era from alcohol and rackets. This today would be equivalent to $1.4b per year.
mxvwO TIL about Union Pacific's restoration of UP 4014 "Big Boy". When completed in 2019, it will be the largest, heaviest, and most powerful operating steam locomotive in the world.
16KPX TIL that Bela Lugosi modeled the Chernabog in the Night on Bald Mountain segment in Disney’s Fantasia
8VYX TIL In WWII The Soviet Airforce had an all women’s bombing division. They flew outdated airplanes (which had no parachutes) in the cover of night behind enemy lines, turning off their engines, they would drop their bombs. They were nicknamed “Night Witches” by Nazi’s and did 8-10 missions daily.