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TIL Billie Holiday was arrested on drug charges in 1947 and tried in utterly bizarre circumstances. The prosecutor asked for leniency, while her defense attorney convinced her to plead guilty, assuring her she'd be sent to a hospital. Instead, the judge sentenced her to a year in federal prison.

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m1Xrx TIL Charles V was the ruler of a vast empire- reaching its peak in 1544, when it covered most of Western and Central Europe, as well as parts of North Africa, the Americas, and Asia.
69BOQ TIL Frank Sinatra had a bottle of jack daniels placed beside him in his coffin.
OVAg TIL the ONLY thing that has Worked to Stop Population Growth is: Education of Women and Girls.
yVGrM TIL that if you like your coffee with milk, it will be warmer if you put the cold milk in it right away and wait for 15 minutes, than if you wait for 15 minutes first then put the milk in it.
j6jnE TIL that the USS Pueblo - a US Navy ship captured by North Korea in January of 1968 is still listed as a commissioned vessel in the US Naval Fleet