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TIL, In 2014, during the penultimate capture of drug kingpin El Chapo, more than a thousand people marched in Culiacan ( Mexico) demanding his release. The crowd also demanded non-extradition; according to them, the boss had kept the city free from extortion and kidnapping.

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x6bXB TIL that the pimp from the movie Taxi Driver was originally written to be black as it matched what the writer of the movie was seeing in everyday life but he was changed to white as it was thought to have been unpalatable to audiences
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gMPkL TIL the Star Wars cantina players perform a genre of music called Jizz, making them jizz-wielders. Some jizz-wielders play an instrument known as a jizz box.
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4ENJ TIL North Korean tunnels exist under the DMZ, apparently designed for a surprise attack on Seoul. 4 have been discovered since the 1970s, but there are suspected to be up to 20 more.