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TIL that Jesse James, the Old American Outlaw, refused to rob a bank in McKinney, Texas because his favorite chili parlor was in town.

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8VYX TIL In WWII The Soviet Airforce had an all women’s bombing division. They flew outdated airplanes (which had no parachutes) in the cover of night behind enemy lines, turning off their engines, they would drop their bombs. They were nicknamed “Night Witches” by Nazi’s and did 8-10 missions daily.
vYo7 TIL that if you’re bilingual, you can be dyslexic in one language and not the other.
n69P TIL Even though golf is the 7th most popular sport in the US, the PGA Tour has donated over $2 billion to charity. By comparison, the NFL has donated about $370 million to charity.
Elw0 TIL there is a charity that pays $300 to drug addicts if they get sterilized