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TIL mobster Al Capone, said the Lindbergh baby kidnapping was "the most outrageous thing I have ever heard of." He offered $10,000 of his own money for information leading to the return of the child.

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GAn71 TIL during the international Tokyo Trial of the Japanese Leadership during WWII, Justice Pal from India was the sole dissenter who found that the defendants were all innocent as he argued that the crimes they were accused of were not illegal when they were committed.
kJJRB TIL that only 20 years after the Wright Brothers first flight, we had successfully completed the first air to air refueling in June 1923.
grxnb TIL that in the US lung cancer is the leading cause for cancer death in men and women. Before cigarette smoking was prevalent it was considered to be a rare disease (IE 1920's)
X0XkQ TIL Cassowaries are the largest native vertebrate in the Australian rainforests! And a bonus: Sept 26 is World Cassowary Day!
bZQ7 TIL that 1 in every 8 American workers have been employed by McDonalds.