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TIL The story about the lynching of WWI veteran William Little is untrue.

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1NWP TIL that “Somewhere over the Rainbow” was initially deleted from the Wizard of Oz movie, but associate producer Arthur Freed and Roger Edens persuaded the producers to keep it in. It was picked by RIAA as the #1 Song of the 20th Century and by AFI as the Greatest Movie Song Ever.
Q6ge TIL the Inca Empire existed for only 95 years.
VDrm TIL Thousands of shipping containers are lost to the sea each year, and that if the containers cargo weight does not exceed 80% of the containers rated capacity, they will float.
WkVLX TIL Gilles de Rais, 13th century child serial killer and companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc, depleted his wealth performing occult experiments including three attempted summonings of a demon named Barron.
b98w9 TIL that during the 1983 invasion of Grenada, the american invading force lacked maps of their own and instead used maps intended for tourists