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TIL that a "nickelodeon" was an early type of small movie theater that cost a nickel

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79xO TIL a man walked into a Walmart wearing an employee vest, told a cashier that they were wanted in the office, helped the remaining customer in line, emptied the cash register, then walked right out.
bDrQ TIL Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek, was once in a plane crash in the desert in Syria. With two broken ribs, he repeatedly went back into the burning plane to evacuate passengers, then organized search teams to look for civilization.
g06A TIL that Nicolae Ceaușescu, the Stalinist dictator of Romania was captured and put on trial on Christmas morning after a few days, given ten minutes to prepare his defense with his counsel, convicted by the afternoon and executed at 4 PM the same day
e8Ng TIL the Emperor of Japan isn’t allowed to eat Fugu (pufferfish) for his own safety.
RmNj TIL that, due to the presence of quinine, tonic water is fluorescent under ultraviolet light or even the sun (pics inside!)