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TIL that after WWII and before he began his acting career, Christopher Lee hunted down and captured Nazi war criminals.

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KVVE TIL kids computers in the 80’s and 90’s came with BASIC computer program training, because people believed every citizen needed to know computer programming or they would be left out of the computer revolution.
wr8o TIL of an unassuming middle-aged Texas woman who dressed as a male cowboy and robbed several banks without using a weapon. She was eventually caught and served 15 years. Upon her release, “Cowboy Bob,” now 60, robbed another bank and was killed during her escape when she pulled a toy gun on police.
D11ae TIL the removal of Skymall magazines saved American Airlines an estimated $350K per year in fuel costs.
a1lZ TIL Instead of handouts, panhandlers in Albuquerque, NM are offered a job making $9/hr cash paid at end of workday for doing work for the city’s Solid Waste Dept. A 16-seat van run by a homeless shelter cruises the streets to offer jobs to panhandlers. Homeless can also call 311 to receive help.
Jn1j TIL In North Korea it is the year 103, not 2014. This is because their calendar is based around the birth of Kim Il-Sung