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TIL John Dillinger escaped prison by brandishing a wooden pistol. The FBI also used way more money to catch him then he ever stole.

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GeZ1 TIL one “Awesome Blossom” appetizer from Chili’s has as much fat as 67 strips of bacon.
OXnL TIL Canada bought a license to produce a fighter the US no longer wanted, and it ended up being so successful as a ground attack aircraft that nobody was able to catch one during more than 20 years of NATO exercises. They won first or second place in nearly every exercise they participated in.
X0LGE TIL of a drug that was developed by Nazi Germany in 1944 called D-IX. Intended for military use as an overall performance enhancer, its ingredients consisted of only methamphetamine, cocaine and oxycodone. D-IX never went into production as the war ended.
g0yX TIL that there are over 100 million people in the world today who have Irish ancestry, which is more than fifteen times the population of 6.4 million on the entire island of Ireland.
69N8W TIL Mac Miller's song "Brand Name" contains the lyric "To everyone who sell me drugs: Don't mix it with that bullshit; I'm hoping not to join the 27 Club". He did successfully avoid the club - but only because he OD'd at age 26.