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TIL that The Shawshank Redemption was a box office disappointment only earning $28.3 million in revenue

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L15d TIL Tabasco sauce is aged in barrels previously used for Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey
4YQa TIL At age 96 Henry Heimlich used his technique for the second time in 2016 to save the life of a fellow resident of his Senior Living Community
16MxD TIL of Paladin Press which was a book publishing firm founded in 1970 by Peder Lund and Robert K. Brown. Titles include : "Modern Ballistic Armor: What you need to know" , "Ninja Mind Control" and reprints of military manuals. The company witnessed several lawsuits, including some murders.
xojb TIL Robert E. Lee defended the torture of slaves as something “they must endure,” because “pain was necessary for their instruction.” Lee regularly had mothers sold or rented away from their children, sometimes as punishment. Lee’s slaves said he was the “meanest man we ever saw.”
dDvLK TIL Charles de Gaulle was not told about the D-Day landings until 2 days before as the British and French leaders did not believe the French could keep the information secret.