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TIL “Jaywalking” was invented by car companies in the early 1900’s to shift blame for accidents from motorists to pedestrians

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7rJdM TIL In 2006, $8 million were stolen from the Banco Rio branch in Acassuso, Argentina. During the robbery, the robbers ordered pizza for the hostages, sang happy birthday to a female lawyer, and then left a note that said they stole 'money, not love' before escaping on a boat.
5Yy1r TIL that a majority of confederate monuments were erected decades after the South lost the Civil War
BB8e TIL J.S. Bach was attacked by one of his students because he said the student played the bassoon like a goat
4oNw TIL in June 1939, just 3 months before Hitler would invade Poland (and England would declare war on Germany), USA had an army that was smaller than the army of Portugal
grWb7 TIL about Gardiners Island. 2nd largest private island in the US and owned by the same family since 1639. Located at the east end of Long Island, it's over 5 sq miles with 1,000 acres each of old growth forest and meadows. Captain Kidd buried treasure there, first lady Julia Tyler was born there.