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TIL a man drove over 600 miles to listen to the Cubs win the World Series on his fathers grave. Keeping his word on a promise made decades ago

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eaMJ TIL on January 15, 1919, in Boston a large molasses storage tank burst, and a wave of molasses rushed through the streets at an estimated 35 mph (56 km/h), killing 21 and injuring 150. The event has entered local folklore. Residents claimed that on hot summer days, the area still smells of molasses.
XEvjE TIL the official rulebook of wife-carrying states that the woman that a male competitor is carrying does not have to be his actual wife - the rulebook allows carrying a wife that is "your own, or the neighbour's, or you may have found her further afield".
E1PAV TIL of “Tokyo Rose” aka “Orphan Ann” aka Iva Toguri D'Aquino who in WWII used double entendres to make a farce of Japanese propaganda on her radio show “The Zero Hour” and used part of her $7 a month paycheck to smuggle food to POWs
JY4Ok TIL Iran has fast food chains Mash Donalds and Pizza Hat because McDonalds and Pizza Hut aren't allowed in the country
6EamY TIL Fox scents are so potent that they can force a building evacuation