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TIL George Leonidas Leslie was responsible for about 80% of all bank robberies in the US in the late 1800s. By day he was a distinguished architect who hobnobbed with New York City’s elite, but by night he was one of history’s most prolific bank robbers.

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6loW TIL when Pan Am 103 exploded over Lockerbie Scotland, a flight attended survived falling to the ground and was found by a farmers wife; however she died before help could be summoned.
WPgA TIL to keep the plot twist in ‘Empire Strikes Back’ a secret George Lucas filmed Darth Vader delivering the line , “No, Obi-Wan killed your father!”. Mark Hamill was only told the truth moments before filming, and only he, Lucas, and the director knew about the twist until it was revealed in cinemas
rNNao TIL that until the later part of the 18th century, almost no one in western Europe washed their whole body with any regularity. This habit remains true for people of all classes, as even Louis XIV is said to have only taken three baths in his entire life.
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8X7Z TIL That there was a plan to overthrow the United States government for its crimes upon the native Mexican and Indigenous population as well as the brutal forced slavery upon Africans in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.