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TIL in 2001 a Nova Scotia man was barred from a hotel after leaving a window open in his room allowing seagulls to enter; drawn by the intoxicating smell of pepperoni. The room was destroyed. His ban was lifted in 2018 after a heartfelt plea to hotel management.

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R7L61 TIL that a janitor at Boston University for 15 years had all his 5 kids go the University, tuition free. Thanks the schools policy that if you work there your kids can go there for free.
lyWA TIL that, following the death of Princess Diana, England and Wales saw a 17% increase in suicides. Among women who were roughly as old as Diana (aged 25–44), this was as high as 45%.
8aN1P TIL of Rachel Hoffman a 23-year-old Florida student arrested for cannabis and then pressured by police to work undercover to avoid charges. She was murdered in a botched sting to buy 1,500 ecstasy pills, 2 oz. of cocaine, and two handguns.
GYno1 TIL that 2,000-year-old seeds were discovered in 1963 inside an ancient jar in Israel. They were planted in 2005 and a tree that had been extinct for over 1800 years sprouted.
yVNGw TIL Alice Allison Dunnigan was the first African-American female White House correspondent. She was also the first Black female member of the Senate and House of Representatives press galleries