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TIL Illinois Tollroads were originally intended to collect tolls until the construction costs were paid off. Roads were contructed in 1953.

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e0Be4 TIL in 2011, the FBI revealed Notorious B.I.G. was killed by a very rare type of ammunition, which also was found in former LAPD officer (and suspect) David Mack's home.
vMG8 TIL a man was arrested for ‘kidnapping’ his own son, after neighbours didn’t recognise him with his new beard
pY8ab TIL : Val Kilmer has lost his voice, quite literally. The only way we may hear speak again is through a computer program
a8GA9 TIL that the hulls of the famous first "six frigates" of the US Navy were constructed from the wood of the American live oak, a species unique to the northeastern United States with timber so dense that "a nail driven into it was nearly impossible to extract".
VM4gp TIL in 1986 Steve Jobs bought Pixar from LucasFilm for $5 million