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TIL that volcano snails are a thing

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ANWk4 TIL: In November 1918 in the Netherlands, Social Democratic Workers' Party leader Pieter Jelles Troelstra, declared a socialist revolution and demanded in a speech before parliament for the government to surrender power. The movement failed from lack of support from even within his own party
nrEY TIL During a trip to Disneyland, David Rothenberg was drugged and burned alive by his father. He suffered burns on 90% of his body and survived.
6PvY TIL Minnie Schönberg, the mother of the Marx brothers, upon hearing that farmers were exempt from being drafted, bought a farm and forced the brothers to work on it so they wouldn’t be called to fight during WWI.
wLPdE TIL the premiere episode of Doctor Who was preempted for five minutes by the just-breaking news that American President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated.
7rJdM TIL In 2006, $8 million were stolen from the Banco Rio branch in Acassuso, Argentina. During the robbery, the robbers ordered pizza for the hostages, sang happy birthday to a female lawyer, and then left a note that said they stole 'money, not love' before escaping on a boat.