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TIL The woman that accused Emmett Till of whistling at her inappropriately, Which got him murdered. Confessed it was all a lie on her death bed.

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rvxe TIL that the founding father of Dubai said this about his city’s future: “My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel”
rRgQ1 TIL that the much celebrated failure of the Spanish Armada was followed by an equally unsuccessful English retaliation called the English Armada
jVMQ TIL Orville Redenbacher paid an advertising consultant $13,000 to to name his popcorn “Orville Redenbacher”.
5BGp TIL Denver Bronco’s quarterback Peyton Manning bought 21 Papa Johns franchises in Colorado before marijuana was legalized. He credits the law change with his now booming business.
0wggL TIL in 2010 the Navy spent $14 million to alter the appearance of a San Diego naval building that resembles a Nazi swastika. After the project was completed in 2016, it still looked like a swastika.