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TIL a 1980s arson spree in Boston was caused by police and firefighters protesting budget cuts

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ownL TIL India’s Dabbawalas deliver 200,000 meals a day, making one mistake in every 6,000,000 deliveries. FedEx and Harvard are studying their methods.
GY6Z5 TIL that a woman in France received a telephone bill of nearly 12 quadrillion euros. The phone company initially told her there was nothing they could do to amend the statement and offered to set up instalments to pay off the bill. Eventually, they admitted their mistake, and waived it altogether
rgWM TIL in 1599, Andrew Báthory, Prince of Transylvania, was killed and his head cut off. The head was then painted by a Greek artist and sewn back onto his body, before his burial.
GYvVE TIL in 2014 the Dalai Lama said he will be the last one -- if China does not free Tibet he will refuse to reincarnate.
Lpa9 TIL a grown man once hunted down and attacked a child who had killed him several times in Call Of Duty.