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TIL because he thought he would be assassinated for testifying against his former gang, a former gang member was smuggled into the courthouse in a hollowed out vending machine.

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8e1v8 TIL: Laura Callahan was the CIO of the Department of Labor and then Homeland Security with bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees purchased at a diploma mill. Coworkers complained she used strange technical jargon and belittled them. She was caught, but was not charged with a crime.
e06Ek TIL that Pluto is still a planet in New Mexico since the man who discovered it was fron NM.
e0wdg TIL Creed Bratton from The Office performs his own rendition of the show's theme song at his concerts
D1gkY TIL that in 1981 the Pentagon spent $6 million trying to determine whether or not burning a photograph of a Soviet missile would destroy the actual missile
d0kj TIL The retail food industry is being forced to sell grossly overcooked chicken in order to get rid of the red blood color around the bones.