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TIL that the owner of The Station nightclub, newly-hired as a reporter for a local tv station, was filming a segment on nightclub safety at the club when fire broke out, becoming one of the deadliest club fires in history

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awrOb TIL in World War 2, German POWs in America were shocked by how African Americans were treated. This was due to the prisoners working alongside them in the fields, allowing them to become closer over their shared labour.
pv8e TIL the longest prison term ever sentenced was 2,200 years. He appealed, was re-convicted, re-sentenced, and given an additional 9,000 years.
Md98 TIL The Walt Disney Company is the largest consumer of fireworks in the world and the second largest purchaser of explosive devices, right behind the U.S. military
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