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TIL that 16 years ago the internet was declared independent from goverments

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eY1D TIL the oldest person in US federal custody is 99 years old John Franzese, underboss of the of Colombo crime family
oBZG8 TIL Woody Harrelson's father, Charles Harrelson's, was a Hitman who was the first to kill a federal judge in the 20th century
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