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TIL that S&H Green Stamps are still a thing

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grnw7 TIL Security Guard Joseph Trombino barely survived an infamous 1981 NY robbery of a Brink's Armored Car. Nearly a decade later, he would then go on to also barely survive the 1993 World Trade Center bombings but tragically died on Sept 11 2001 in the WTC North Tower
epjBb TIL that during WWII, ‘Rumor Clinics’ were set up to dispel morale-damaging gossip.
OGBbe TIL that when the Who singer Roger Daltrey was set to promote the SM-58 microphone for Shure, he slammed it on the ground during a speech to prove its durability and carried on speaking with the still-working microphone
6EWWZ TIL Mohammed Salameh, rented a van that he exploded in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. He then tried 3 times to get his deposit back on the van. This led to his arrest.
Y71RA TIL: 152 years ago Samuel Butler, an English writer already warned us about the danger of AI in his book, Erewhon