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TIL That the first armored presidential vehicle in the US was confiscated Al Capone's car feds gave to Franklin D. Roosevelt

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6LQZ TIL that in 1971, when Frank Sinatra couldn’t get a ringside ticket to Ali & Frazier’s “Fight of the Century”, he managed to get a press pass to shoot photos for LIFE magazine instead.
7eDO TIL an 82 year old millionaire has hidden a 40lb treasure chest worth millions somewhere in NM and supplied a cryptic treasure map leading to its location. In the 3 years since he buried the treasure, no one has found it. (Map in link)
e0B4L TIL The first man-made object to reach the stratosphere was a meter long shell fired from the Paris Gun, used by the Germans in WW1 to bombard Paris from 80 miles away. The curvature of the earth had to be considered when calculating where the shells would land.
PZaO TIL that Joseph Smith was killed by an angry mob while incarcerated. Smith had tried to suppress a local that had exposed Smith’s practice of polygamy - implying that he used his religion as a pretext to seduce and marry unassuming women - including the wives of some of his closest associates
ANDg4 TIL that in 1984, in Mt. Laurel, NJ (25 minutes northeast of Philadelphia, PA), a man released 120 Italian Wall Lizards around his home to combat an insect problem. The insect problem was not fixed and today there are thousands across the County.