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TIL Colombian drug trafficker Carlos Lehder bought himself an island in the Bahamas where he put an airstrip which controlled the drugs coming in from South America and entering the US. He became so wealthy he offered to pay Colombia’s foreign debt for amnesty

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8aEoV TIL of Ferdinand Waldo Demara. A professional imposter who posed as a surgeon aboard a Canadian Navy vessel. When needed, he quickly studied a textbook in his room, operated, and saved sixteen people. After being exposed he was acquitted of any charge and sent back to the U.S.
Lkpm TIL Graham Chapman, of Monty Python fame, was a medical doctor and Cambridge graduate.
4kNob TIL about government-caused deaths of over 10000 people during the prohibition era because the govt decided to taint industrial alcohol to dissuade bootleggers from using this cheaper and accessible option to produce illicit liquor - with intent to scare general public away from consuming alcohol
Dl8p TIL the original ‘Gone in 60 Seconds’ has the longest car chase in movie history at 40 minutes and wrecked and destroyed 93 cars in the process
OGeeR TIL an average wind turbine creates enough energy to power 460 US homes every month