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TIL that in 1941, before the US entered WW2, many Americans mailed tea to Buckingham Palace as a show of support to England. The Queen sent them all thank you notes.

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awW80 TIL Facebook had graphic sexual murals in their first SV office. The artist David Choe was paid in stocks
nl0d TIL An Australian bandit wrote an 8,000 word letter justifying his actions and gave it to a teller at a bank he robbed.
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