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TIL: The 7yr old boy who was held in a police station was a serial bully according to schoolmates

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OGL01 TIL that when the Washington monument was built the capstone was made out aluminum because it was considered a precious metal at the time.
7OQr TIL that Shell oil initially sold antiques and later imported sea shells from the Far East.
PG0n TIL that a Texan gun manufacturer turned a real Glock into the Nintendo gun from ‘Duck Hunt’
kYwe TIL there was no winner for the “Who Shot Mr. Burns” contest on The Simpsons. The contest rules said that a winner would be selected from the pool of people who guessed correctly, but there were no correct guesses.
xVpb5 TIL that the first person killed by an automobile was Bridget Driscoll (UK), who received fatal injuries when she walked into the path of a car moving at 4 mph (6.4 km/h), as it was giving demonstration rides in the grounds of Crystal Palace, London, UK on 17 August 1896.