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TIL In the past decade about 7,800 independent (Mom & Pop ) pizza restaurants closed.

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gMJ58 TIL a 25-barrel gun was used in an assassination attempt on the King of France in 1835. It fired over 400 projectiles at once and killed 18 people. The assassin was badly injured by exploding barrels, and tracked down by the trail of blood.
4kMQ5 TIL: the first dirty bomb was created and tested by the communist Red Guard for use against the PLA
JXVB TIL After Mick Jagger rang up bandmate Charlie Watts during the night and asked “Where’s my drummer?” Watts got out of bed, shaved, dressed in a suit, put on a tie and freshly shined shoes, then went to Jagger’s room and punched him in the face.
WkvmY TIL that there was a conspiracy theory that the Vatican supported the Confederacy and that Pope Pius IX orchestrated the death of Abraham Lincoln.
8eeGa TIL of the term Euphemism Treadmill: As words turn into a pejorative they get replaced by other words that turn into a pejorative