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TIL an FBI informant investigating corruption in LA jail was transferred to different jails, kept in isolation, held under various aliases, and watched around the clock to prevent FBI handlers from finding him. The corruption included brutality and staging “gladiator style fights” between inmates.

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x6kgB TIL the WannaCry ransomware attack was propagated using EternalBlue, an exploit developed by the United States National Security Agency (NSA) which was stolen and leaked a month prior
yQObV TIL that the idea for Fox News was born when Richard Nixon approached Roger Ailes in 1970 about his vision for a conservative news channel that would serve as the mouthpiece for his administration and help mold the opinion of a “lazy public” addicted to TV.
QJxAL TIL "Jazz on bones" or "Ribs" were bootleg vinyl recordings made from old x-rays with holes burned in the middle from cigarettes. In the 50's and 60's they were a black market method for smuggling banned music into the Soviet Union such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Elvis.
XRbR TIL that Lakota people legally own most of South Dakota (Treaty of Fort Laramie - 1868)
78ADx TIL that St. Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, prophesized that Ireland will be destroyed by a flood 7 years before the Apocalypse