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TIL In the 1970s, Irish banks went on strike -- so people made their own currency, and the pubs kept the country from falling into ruin

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m1krO TIL about Hans Rott, a composer who thought that Brahms wanted to kill him with dynamite
ny77 TIL during WW2, when the Russians retreated they usually destroyed most buildings suitable for command posts. However, they would often leave some large buildings intact, but only after lining the buildings with time bombs set to explode weeks later - to destroy entire German headquarters at once
ADYgo TIL for the brutal Omaha Beach scene in ‘Saving Private Ryan’ Spielberg hired several dozen army amputees with prosthetic limbs so that he could have their arms and legs blown off in a more realistic fashion. More than $11 million was spent and 1,000 extras used for the infamous scene.
N7aRN TIL that a man wears a 200 pound turban that contains 645 meters (2116 feet) of fabric and takes 6.5-7 hours to tie
Jeyv TIL a former tram driver in Vienna stole a tram and took it for a drive while the real driver was in the bathroom. He did it because he missed his job.