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TIL The Stonewall Inn was owned by the US Mafia

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xVJv0 TIL that if you add 250ml of ethanol to 250ml of water, you get less than 500ml of liquid. This is due to strong hydrogen bonding that draws the different molecules close together, and because ethanol interferes with any open structures in the water, causing the molecules to pack closer together.
LmPV TIL that there is a place in outback Australia where New Year’s Eve occurs thrice every year due to the intersection of 3 timezones.
WkbZN TIL that Jane Addams, founder the social work profession, was adamantly opposed to the entrance of the U.S. into WWI. She was admitted to a Baltimore hospital on December 10, 1931, the day that she was to receive the Nobel Peace in Oslo.
nkVW TIL that in American Psycho, every single one of their perfect business cards misspells ‘acquisitions’ as 'aquisitions’
KONjB TIL The legendary heart on satin intro for "I Love Lucy" was created specifically for the 1959–67 CBS daytime network rebroadcasts, and subsequent syndication. The original intros featured animated matchstick figures of Arnaz & Ball making reference to each episode's sponsors.