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TIL That The Poorest States Have The Highest Paid Megachurch Pastors

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oRWlo TIL Boeing built subway cars for Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco when military contracts dried up after the Vietnam War
oReNL TIL the idea for the silicone pop-it fidget toys came from a dream where the inventor walked through a field of breasts and poked all the nipples in. When she woke up she told her husband she wanted "a carpet of nipples that you can press from one side to the other."
vPRbD TIL in 1987 a news broadcast was interupted by a man pointing a gun at a newscaster, whilst giving him a piece of paper to read which was his manifesto detailing the CIA and aliens. Once the police arrived he immediately put down his gun (which was revealed to be a toy) and was arrested.
N7YQe TIL Royal Bank of Canada, founded in 1864, is the overall leading Canadian brand and the most valuable banking brand in North America as of February 2019, with 17.4 billion U.S. dollars in brand value
M6vV TIL firefighters in Tennessee let a house burn because the homeowners didn’t pay a “$75 fire subscription fee”