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TIL that 2003 was likely “the first time an automatic weapon had been fired in a crime in Britain.”

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4Bdw TIL that deep inside an abandoned mine 230’ below Pennsylvania 600 federal workers process truckloads of retirement paperwork by hand moving files to and from over 28,000 file cabinets, desk to desk, from cavern to cavern. The process works as slowly now as it did in 1977.
WBJA TIL velleity is a word that means having an aspiration, but not having enough motivation to actually accomplish it. AKA me irl.
kORpg TIL of Willie James Howard, a 15 year old African-American boy who was lynched for writing a love letter to a white girl. No charges were ever brought against his killers.
e04DE TIL about the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act which states that it is illegal for a company to void warranties on items that have been self-repaired with third party parts, like phones, gaming consoles, and vehicles.
J1Rvm TIL there were chips made with Olestra that caused many to run to the restroom