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TIL Vatican City is the only place in the world where cash machines offer instructions in Latin.

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PkNV TIL the original female winner of the 1980 Boston Marathon had her title stripped away when it was discovered that she didn’t complete the entire race. She had earlier competed in the New York marathon, and an investigation revealed that she took the subway for part of the course.
oWgK TIL that open carrying of firearms in public is legal in 44 US states while open containers of alcohol in public is only legal in 6.
5V89P TIL Al Capone was only 48 when he died, and most of his most infamous criminal activities happened in his 20s
GAxD5 TIL That an Irish woman attempted to murder Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini in 1926, armed with a revolver, she aimed at Mussolini's head but a sudden head movement saved him at the last second, with the bullet only managing to wound his nose.
rRWx0 TIL despite being worth €37.3 billion the founder of IKEA drove an old Volvo, travelled by economy class, brought a lunch box to work, visited vegetable street markets right before they closed for the day, hoping to get better prices and shopped for clothes at the local flea markets.