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TIL the mafia in New York City stole around $1billion dollars a year in the 1980s simply by evading gasoline taxes through a scheme where they created fake gas stations

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ZVop TIL: To honor the victims of 9/11 the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community helped collect 11,170 pints of blood. The blood drives were conducted in collaboration with hundreds of organizations at all our mosques and prayer centers and scores of other locations.
1aK94 TIL about Calcio Storico, a game played only in Florence. It's a mix of soccer, rugby and wrestling played in historical costume. Only three games are played per year, tactics such as head-butting, punching, elbowing, and choking are permitted and there's no such thing as a game without injuries.
QNkQk TIL: The famous piano coda on Layla by Derek & The Dominos was plagiarized
wLD48 TIL George Miller, director of the mad Max franchise also directed the Babe Franchise.
d8gLB TIL There’s a Japanese Western Movie With a Mexican Theme, Filmed in Mexico