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TIL that a convicted felon named Daniel Rigmaiden used his jail time to investigate the FBI’s surveillance system used in his arrest and uncovered the secret Stingray device. He then successfully used this evidence to free himself.

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joQM TIL the potato chip was believed to have originated in 1853 when a chef had his fried potatoes sent back by an annoyed customer multiple times because the potatoes were “too thick”. He was fed up, cut the potatoes razor thin, and put extra salt on them. The customer, to his surprise, loved it.
BRny TIL That in 1980 Saddam Hussein received the key to Detroit.
VBMXQ TIL it was only 200 years ago Humans discovered Dinosaurs.
oKGE TIL in Mexico, you must obtain a federal license to own a BB gun.
wL0X1 TIL that the Ethiopia uses the Coptic Calendar which is seven to eight years behind the Gregorian Calendar, meaning it is currently 2012.