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TIL that 7/11 gives out free Slurpees every July 11th to celebrate its birthday. (Today happens to be July 11th)

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p8REO TIL of a 12-year-old boy named Santos Rodriguez who on July 24, 1973 was killed in Dallas by a police officer, Darrell Cain, while being interrogated with his brother about "theft of change from a soda machine". Cain was conducting Russian roulette on the brothers to force a confession from them.
VMMJQ TIL a museum turned an apollo space shuttle into a time capsul in 1976, and plans to re-open it in 2076
gr5yW TIL Washington Crossing the Delaware was painted by a German-born artist and the original was destroyed by allied bombing during World War II.
4BR6 TIL Christoph Waltz is his own voice actor in the German and French dubs of Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained
eo74 TIL that In New Zealand, BMW posted a newspaper advertisement that said bring in your old car and they’ll swap it for a brand new one. No one came as everyone thought this as an April fool prank but, it turns out the offer was real and a lady swapped an old Nissan Avenir for a brand new BMW.