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TIL 1930s era bank robber Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd destroyed mortgage papers during his heists, freeing hundreds of farmers from their property debt and potential foreclosure

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p85xp TIL There is a crowd-sourcing project in collaboration between historians, social scientists and the African American Civil War Museum with goals to improve our knowledge of the African Americans who fought for freedom in the American Civil War. And you can help by transcribing images!
DWAv TIL that after flights were grounded on 9/11, one plane was allowed to fly. It carried anti-venom from San Diego to Florida to save the life of a snake keeper suffering from a deadly taipan bite. The only other taipan anti-venom was in New York.
nWynd TIL there is an awards show for people who work in the awards industry. The Awards Awards aims to 'give those that normally operate behind-the-scenes their own chance to grab a place in the limelight'.
R71a TIL the first Olympic Flag was missing for 77 years after the 1920 games until one of the athletes found it in his suitcase
nWWW9 TIL that in 1889 the US Congress created a committee with two members known as the "Committee on Disposition of Useless Executive Papers." Its job was to discard papers both members agreed weren't important and report why they weren't important. This later was replaced by the National Archives.