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TIL that in 2004 a Texas man was put to death for killing his family in an arson attack. The jailhouse snitch has admitted he lied, and top scientists/investigators have not been able to find any reason to think the house fire was anything other than a freak accident.

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dDwWQ TIL Of Titanic Thompson, a prolific hustler and golfer of the early 20th century. One of Thompson's tricks was to play righthanded, win, and offer to play double or nothing lefthanded, he was naturally lefthanded. In his time a professional golfer could earn 30,000$ a year, he earned that in a week.
yR0X TIL there are stealth Starbucks locations, which are operated by the coffee giant, but do not advertise the Starbucks brand. They serve as a “laboratory” to conduct market research on how customers react to new drinks. There is one location on the second floor of Macy’s in NYC.
OGQYR TIL that cows who listen to classical music produce more milk
OEv4 TIL For nearly a century, the French have prohibited entry into an area of more than 460 square miles because there is an almost impossible amount of ammunition and dead bodies to recover from the battlefield’s of World War One. The area is called “Zone Rouge”, and much of it is still off limits
KOBea TIL a week after The Shining premiered in theaters, director Stanley Kubrick cut a final scene in a hospital, where Wendy and Danny learn that Jack's body could not be found. The scene was subsequently physically cut out of prints by projectionists and returned to the studio by order of Warner Bros.