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TIL that the Oneida silverware company was started as a free love community where monogamous marriage was frowned upon and even restricted. Lovers could only spend a couple hours together so as not to form special bonds.

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MeaP7 TIL that there is an extended version of both Kill Bill movies in a 4-hour cut that includes new content and is shown rarely in Quentin Tarantino’s movie theater the New Beverly Cinema.
Y70yA TIL That The Beatles spell their name with an "a" because of the cultural and literary movement of The Beat Generation in 1950's America, and because John Lennon was a fan of Jack Kerouac.
4kpmN TIL of the Bolvano Train Disaster which claimed the lives of more than 500 people in 1944. After the train became stalled in a tunnel, the passengers and crew succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning when the locomotives attempted to continue and filled the tunnel with smoke.
KYOMQ TIL that in 1965, Norman Morrison, a Quaker Pacifist dosed himself in kerosene and committed self-immolation in front of the Pentagon to protest the US involvement in the Vietnam War.
D1PDP TIL first roller coaster started to transport coal down a hill. But, after people found that it could reach speeds up to 50 miles per hour, tourists asked to ride on it for a few cents.