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TIL the Director of the FBI keeps a copy of the Wiretap for MLK on his desk as a reminder of past mistakes.

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xVv11 TIL about the Ket people, an isolated population of 1200 in Siberia. Their language is strikingly similar in structure to the Native North American languages, and they are one of the last true hunter and gatherer societies on Earth.
oRAR8 TIL Scientists showed that lisdexamphetamine maybe a good treatment for cocaine addiction by giving a bunch of coked up monkeys amphetamines
nW5BG TIL in 2010, a couple purchased the town of Wauconda, Washington for just $360,000
x6La1 TIL that legendary Germs/Nirvana/Foo Fighters guitarist Pat Smear was an extra/dancer in Prince's music video for Raspberry Beret
PxeZ TIL there are more variations in the game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe.