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TIL in 2013 the IRS was audited for spending $49 million in parties over 3 years, as well as a Star Trek parody video

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krKg TIL An 18-year-old man tried to eat his underwear in the hope that the cotton fabric would absorb alcohol before he took a breathalyzer test.
V044 TIL Timothy Cole was arrested and convicted of rape in 1985 and sentenced to 25 years, dying in prison in 1999. After the statute of limitations on the crime had run out, the real rapist confessed and DNA testing proved Cole innocence. He was officially pardoned in 2009.
9wxb7 TIL that gun manufactures lobbied for legal immunity from lawsuits, successfully passing the "PLCAA" in 2005
Lkndv TIL Texas didn’t have safety regulations on natural gas until after a school blew up and killed hundreds of children. Nobody was held accountable, but they passed strict regulations afterwards. It was so bad that even Hitler sent a letter of condolence.
9YPPr TIL of the Sacred Band of Thebes who were 300 elite soldiers made up of 150 pairs of male lovers. During the Battle of Chaeronia, they stood and fought to the death while their comrades ran. They were buried side by side.