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TIL: One of the things that initiated the downfall of Harvard educated money launderer Franklin Jurado was his neighbor in Luxembourg filing a noise complaint against him, because Jurado had a money-counting machine running all night

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xVayb TIL that back in 1984, religious fanatics in Iran sent children marching over minefields to clear them. They got plastic keys that would open the gates of heaven for them. Later, they also gave them blankets so corpse parts wouldn't be blown everywhere.
yv5M TIL Los Angeles once had the largest electric rail system in the world, until automobile, tire, and oil companies bought and dismantled it, along with mass transit systems in 44 other US cities. The mass transit systems were replaced with freeways and buses, increasing sales of cars, tires, and oil.
4Xp45 TIL people born between 1977-1983 make up a micro-generation called 'xennials.' This group straddled the line between the last gasp of quaint communications and the rise of the internet, but were still young enough to adapt.
N7kab TIL that during the Cold War, Soviet military cartographers carried out one of the greatest mapping ventures of all time by producing thousands of detailed maps of terrain and local landmarks of almost the entire world
a8Q6b TIL that French chef Bernard Loiseau shot himself in 2003 when his Michelin 3-star restaurant, Le Relais Bernard Loiseau, received a bad review from food critic François Simon. After his death, the Michelin Guide took away one of the restaurant's stars.