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TIL Harry Truman was once a member of the KKK

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6E4Xl TIL that workers at Yosemite National Park used to create a 3,000 foot "waterfall" of fire by building a massive bonfire at the top of Glacier Point and push the burning embers over the edge. The practice went on for almost 100 years and only ended in 1968.
114P TIL: There’s a statue in Glasgow called the “Duke of Wellington” with a traffic cone on its head since 1980. The city removed it several times but a new one would appear in the night so they gave up and it now a permanent icon of the city.
d8Vgr TIL nearly every major vehicle in the British Army is equipped with a boiling vessel (to make tea). This tradition started with tanks near the end of WWII. It was safer than the improvised cans filled with fuel, and it reduced break time.
KOL64 TIL That Ron Gilbert, the original writer and director of "The Secret of Monkey Island" worked as a story consultant for TellTale Game's "Tales of Monkey Island" but was credited as "The Visiting Professor of Monkeyology"
a8ENN TIL There is a bar named Jack Ruby's Saloon in downtown Dallas mere blocks from The Sixth Floor Museum and Dealey Plaza (Site of JFK assassination). The history buff owner loves the fact that Ruby, who shot JFK's assassin, owned a bar and sells T-shirts that says "I took a shot at Jack Ruby's."