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TIL One of the reasons tipping spread in the U.S. was because restaurant owners refused to pay black Americans after the 15th amendment.

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8nxZ TIL of the Grandpa Gang, a group of senior citizens who broke into a formerly impregnable bank vault in England and made off with over $20 million.
Ool7 TIL a man built a restaurant in Northern Iraq called MaDonal’s after McDonald’s turned denied his request. The restaurant serves items such as “Big Macks,” and serves free food to U.S. forces, and thus has been threatened by suicide bombers, turning the man into a local celebrity.
n0KG TIL female elephants are frequently bisexual and use their trunks to do the nasty.
OJeL TIL Commander Hadfield gave a TED talk urging people to walk through non-venemous spiderwebs to learn the difference between fear and danger.
YpLpA TIL in WW2, Britain released over 50,000 weather balloons trailing wire to drift over Germany and shortcircuit high voltage wires.