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TIL a Brazilian man once held a woman hostage for 10 hours with a Sega Master System light gun

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ANWpB TIL that, in 1844, while dignitaries were visiting the USS Princeton, a gun exploded, killing the Secretaries of State and Defense. President Tyler was belowdecks. Afterwards, he carries away the fainted daughter of one of the dead dignitaries. He marries her a few months later, making her First Lad
78mOL TIL most caffeinated soft drinks use synthetic caffeine, which is now mostly produced in Chinese factories
9X7B TIL Pink Floyd’s hit album “The Wall” was influenced by a bunch of roudy concert goers who annoyed Rodger Waters so much that he decided to write an album about building a metaphorical wall.
7ra7x Trees can grow in orbit, but good luck finding a pot big enough on the Space Station…
J1oml TIL in 2008 Chicago sold off all of its city parking meters to private investors for 75 years, and the private investors already made their money back and turned a profit.