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TIL that there were 2,500 bombings in the US during the 1970s. In one instance, a Puerto Rican group bombed a cinema, but when police ordered everyone to leave, the audience angrily refused because they wanted to see the movie. However, these bombings are largely forgotten today.

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vYKK TIL Cherry Coke is banned in Canada.
AOLl TIL shortly before his death, Hans Christian Andersen had consulted a composer about the music for his funeral, saying: “Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with little steps.”
jNZeE TIL approximately 100 Applebee's locations turn into night clubs from 10pm to 2am complete with low light, loud music, solo cups, and even black light parties and karaoke
6vKY TIL in July 1943, an injured Australian soldier single-handedly carried 12 American casualties to safety whilst under heavy fire at Mt. Tambu
QNyJX TIL that bee's don't like pink lady's slipper orchids bc their flowers are too tight and dry. The large folds of the petals squeeze and trap the bee's while offering no nectar after bee'ing tricked into getting covered in pollen for free.