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TIL FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone, who worked undercover as Donnie Brasco to infiltrate the Mafia, received a $500 bonus from his employers at the end of the operation

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lMyN TIL of Bishnu Shrestha, a retired Gurkha soldier, who was aboard a train attacked by a group of 40 thieves. When the thieves attempted to rape a passenger next to him, he pulled out his khukuri, proceeding to kill three of the attackers and injuring 8 more before the rest fled.
X0Ge6 TIL That the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, is not connected to a sewer system and as such has trucks manually remove human excrement from it daily.
EZYV TIL Alabama vs. Auburn is the only football game mandated by state law. If they don’t play, they don’t receive state funding.
ADmJ7 TIL of Roly Bain who was a Clown and an Anglican Vicar who claimed to have custard pied ten bishops.
X0GlQ TIL In 1996, a 3-year-old boy fell into a gorilla enclosure, injured & surrounded by 7 gorillas. Binti Jua, a female gorilla with her baby on her back, cradled the boy & safely handed him to zookeepers. Her maternal instincts made headlines worldwide.