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TIL that Mafia capo Gregory Scarpa was recruited by the FBI to find information on the murders of 3 civil rights activists by the KKK using extrajudicial methods. He attained the location of the bodies by pistol whipping a Klansman and putting a gun in his mouth.

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o9xL TIL a venomous Brazilian wandering spider that somehow made its way to Britain survived falling into a freezer, having boiling water poured over it, and being microwaved in a jar. Later it was inadvertently released within hospital grounds.
XEQ8Q TIL that renowned American conservative thinker William F Buckley Jr wrote that "everyone detected with AIDS should be tattooed in the upper forearm, to protect common-needle users, and on the buttocks, to prevent the victimization of other homosexuals."
7r7jr TIL a study done in 2020 found Americans are the unhappiest they have been in nearly 50 years. Only 14% of American adults say they're happy, down from 31% in 2018.
0DBM TIL that Sour Patch Kids used to be named Mars Men in the 70s and were renamed in the mid 80s to capitalize on the popularity of Cabbage Patch Kids.
6EaNw TIL that face mites live in our facial pores, have eight legs like a spider, eat sebum (skin oil), and don't have anuses.