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TIL that in 2008 a man dressed up as Santa and used a homemade flamethrower and several guns to terrorize his ex-wife’s family as revenge for their divorce

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M71AV TIL that the first clear aerial image of a city was taken on October 13, 1860 by James Wallace Black. It was shot from a hot-air balloon at 1,200 feet and was called 'Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It'.
Z8bOR TIL the government of Italy gives its gluten-intolerant (Celiac disease) citizens a stiped of up to 140 euros per month to buy gluten-free food, and special vacation too
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