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TIL that an Oklahoma liquor store owner used a WWII machine gun from a rooftop watchtower to defend against mafia bombings.

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4kpjb Today I learned that 37 years ago this month, Geraldo Rivera blasted open “Al Capone’s Vaults” live on television and discovered… nothing.
ePRE TIL In 1904, tea bags were invented accidentally. The inventor, Thomas Sullivan, decided that it was cheaper to send small samples to potential customers in silk bags instead of boxes. The recipients believed they were meant to be dunked and soon Sullivan was flooded with orders for his “tea bags”.
lRyV TIL that Canadian solider Leo Major made so much noise during a battle in WW2 that he made the German army think that the entire Canadian army was invading
nQOP TIL actor Alan Alda teaches improv to scientists to help their public speaking
GYbdj TIL: Scotland's Duncraig station was grudgingly re-opened 11 years after it was closed because local train drivers simply refused to accept that it had been closed.