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TIL that despite the assertion in Band of Brothers that he died in 1948, Albert Blithe served with distinction in the Korean War and lived until 1967.

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nW4Br TIL Wachovia Bank, a unit of Wells Fargo & Co, paid $160M in 2010 to settle drug money probe. The systematic failure by Wachovia to maintain effective anti-money laundering controls had led to more than $400B in unmonitored funds being channeled to accounts at the bank between 2004 & 2007.
Oo8A4 TIL of ball lightning. Not taken seriously by scientists until the 60s , it is said to be a ball of light seen during a thunderstorm that appear to move on their own. it is a rare and unexplained phenomenon and has only recently been studied by scientists.
6EYBY TIL That the cast of Breaking Bad became hooked on the fake meth they used to portray meth on the show.
m14vo TIL that the Beatles toured North America in 1964, playing 32 shows at 26 different venues in just 33 days. During the tour they made about $1 Million, which would be about $7.5 Million today.
grvEy TIL that Octopolis and Octlantis are two separate non-human underwater settlements engineered by gloomy octopuses