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TIL that the oldest “Irish” tavern in New York City only began admitting women after legally being forced to do so in 1970.

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KOgO6 TIL in 2013, a prisoner in Sweden escaped “because he had a toothache and wanted to go to the dentist.” He broke out prison, visited the dentist, and turned himself back in where he received an extra day to his month-long sentence as punishment.
lO5G TIL of Melvin Dummar, who in 1976, claimed a man left an envelope containing Howard Hughes’ will on the desk of the gas station he managed. Dummar was named in it and stood to inherit $145 million. No other will was ever found.
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