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TIL Al Capone, was a vicious gangster, but made sure kids got fresh milk

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9Y7ED TIL California was named after a mythical island of black women who kept man-eating griffins as pets
rRVpw TIL the famous double 'Golden Arches' of McDonald's was originally only a single arch, with two examples of the original model remaining including one in Arkansas.
jyvE TIL Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson were college room mates and staged a break-in of their own apartment to convince their landlord to fix the windows. A private investigator eventually tracked them down.
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