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TIL The USAAF developed a copy of the V-1 flying bomb during WW2

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0wxmv TIL in the 1920s in Los Angeles, most hotels prohibited women from checking in without a male chaperone, making it unsafe for females traveling to LA solo. Hotel Figueroa was opened in 1926 funded by women making it the largest hotel for women professionals to gather in a safe environment.
R7Zk1 TIL that a guy stole £26 million in gold, killed a policeman who was investigating him and got acquitted of the murder before going to jail for the robbery, then he got released after seven years only to kill a guy in a road rage incident and get sentenced to life.
b9LO0 TIL a lot of people hate Grandpa Joe from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory for being lazy, malicious, and conniving by laying in bed for 20 years while his daughter worked to keep him alive
D1lyv TIL Isaac Asimov wrote 500 books. His first novel was published in 1950, and he died in 1992. This means he wrote aprox 1 book per month for 42 straight years.
mxLdE TIL that the song, “Love Hurts” by Nazareth was just a cover of an Everly Brothers song