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TIL Jerry Springer was born in a London subway station, which was being used as a bomb shelter in WWII

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ljOK TIL former Yankees owner George Steinbrenner once caught and detained a 17 year old named Ray Negron spraying graffiti on Yankee stadium. As a punishment, he made him the team’s batboy. Negron worked his way up the baseball ladder and went on to become a Yankees executive and a best selling author.
6EZAw TIL Charles de Gaulle was promoted to a 2 star General in 1940 and never chose to promote himself. During crises President de Gaulle would don his old military uniform which would result in a 2 star general giving orders to 5 star generals.
mxnGx TIL that Kevin Smith donated all future residuals from Weinstein-made films to Women in Film charity.
1pAV TIL Samsung has a military branch. They’re producing jet engines, robots and howitzers!
BGMW TIL since Uber came to Austin, there has been a 23% decrease in DWI related crashes