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TIL: A survivor of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris sued French media after giving away his location, on live TV, during the shooting.

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ep6aJ TIL that the Bank of England has a £100 Million bank note
6YDm TIL goldfish were originally silver but were bred until they became yellow by the Song Dynasty imperial family because they really liked yellow
wLlYM TIL Brian Wells was murdered in PA in 2003 using a collar bomb in a plot involving a bank robbery, a homemade explosive collar, and a scavenger hunt to disarm it. He was surrounded by police and it was shown live on TV as "one of the most complicated and bizarre crimes in the annals of the FBI".
mxOXP Today I learned that US universities protected students from the draft during the Vietnam war by awarding higher grades. It's believed that this kicked off grade inflation in the 60s.
9wlbM TIL that New Orleans chicory coffee mix started during the American Civil War when Union naval blockades cut off the port of New Orleans bringing coffee shipments to a halt. New Orleanians looking for their coffee fix began mixing chicory with coffee to stretch out the supply.