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TIL Reagan and Gorbachev Agreed to Pause the Cold War in Case of an Alien Invasion

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MeMW TIL that Daryl Hall & John Oates met in an elevator while trying to escape a gang shootout.
J8aQ TIL In 1851 when the refrigerated ice machine was patented, the large ice-importing industry ran a smear campaign against the technology, calling it immoral.
e00PJ TIL that Bob Segar's band, the Silver Bullet Band, originally didn't like the song "Old Time Rock and Roll"; the band didn't think it was "Silver Bullety" enough.
ADe0x TIL that after Booth assassinated Lincoln by shooting him the back of the head, the largest manhunt in US history, involving thousands of troops and countless civilians, tracked him down to a barn. As he attempted escape, Sergeant Boston Corbett killed Booth by shooting him in the back of the head.
x6Xn0 TIL that in 1980, a bomb went off in the train station in Bologna, killing 85 people.