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TIL The Filling of Reese’s Pieces Is Not Peanut Butter

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ABMx TIL that on August 1, 1946, in Athens, Tennessee, battle-hardened WWII veterans won a shootout with highly corrupt police deputies who were manipulating ballots and illegally holding ex-GIs in the county jail.
77bZ TIL that Rolex is owned by a non-profit trust which gives Nobel type cash awards for worthy innovative business ideas.
ADbRa TIL the US Air Force had a special forces unit of weather men.
9YRor TIL that 37(1+1+1)=111, 37(2+2+2)=222, 37(3+3+3)=333, and this pattern continues to 37(9+9+9)=999
DQ59P TIL Artists in Renaissance Europe often painted fake Arabic script on the halos and garment hems of Christian saints because they saw it on gilded Islamic artifacts and thought it looked cool. The artists didn't know Arabic and their paintings were just gibberish.