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TIL: Fallout 2 was first ever game to feature same sex marriage

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edk6 TIL that Crassus, a Roman general and also one of the richest men in history, used to purchase buildings on fire for a very low price and then put the fires out with his trained army of 500 slaves and rebuild them. If the owners refused to sell their property, he would not engage in firefighting.
Y7aXA TIL JP Morgan bailed out banks in 1907 but a severe recession occured anyway. Nelson Aldrich, a powerful senator with close ties to Morgan, led a mission to Europe in 1908 to study the workings of the central banks in England, France and Germany. The Federal Reserve was created a short time later
loL7K TIL about Smoky, a Yorkshire Terrier, won in a poker game, who served in World War II, attained the rank of Corporal, completed twelve combat missions, was awarded eight battle stars, had a custom parachute, and who single pawedly saved 250 airmen....
rRLWW TIL that the little piece of paper to help you open a Hershey’s kiss is called a “Nigglywiggly”
0dN8L TIL: A Virginia Beach woman produced $31.8 million in counterfeit coupons. She was sentenced to 12 years in prison “perpetrating a counterfeit coupon fraud scheme”. Her husband was sentenced to 7 years in prison because he was aware of and profited from the scheme.