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Til about snowing a bridge, the old practice of adding snow to bridges to make a smooth surface for sleighs

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e0GxJ TIL that the town of Times Beach, Missouri had to be completed evacuated in 1985 and demolished in 1992, at the order of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, due to its soil being contaminated by dioxin
QJKPa TIL that the Russian Church Photoshoped photographs of its Patriarch wearing an enormously expensive watch far exceeding his annual salary, but the botched image doctoring, lies and excuses lead to a scandal over the lavish lifestyle of the religious leader presenting himself as a moral figure.
woy7J TIL Woman's Day magazine originated in 1931 as a free leaflet with menu ideas given to A&P shoppers. By 1937, it had expanded into a magazine sold for 5 cents only at the store locations.
DkPp TIL of the Battle of Saragarhi, in which 21 Sikh Soldiers faced over 10,000 Afghans, and killed 600 of them, whilst facing certain death
KO4bB TIL that Luckenbach, Texas, which was made famous in a Waylon Jennings song, has a population of 3.