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TIL Shaquille O'Neal is an Honorary U.S. Marshall, a reserve office, and a Sheriff's Deputy in Georgia.

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Zp9w4 TIL Argentina briefly occupied California
QNGgE TIL that Tolkien realized he had created a moral dilemma when writing orcs. They're supposed to be a purely evil race for the heroes to cut through without guilt, but they could talk and knew about morality, so by Tolkien's beliefs, they couldn't be pure evil and should be given mercy if possible.
8a1eK TIL The Titanic Was Found During A Secret Cold War Navy Mission
LQBO0 TIL The Swedish dressage team, which had originally won gold at the 1948 Olympics was disqualified because one of the teammates, Gehnäll Persson was a sergeant in the Swedish army. According to the regulations at the time, only officers and “gentlemen riders” were eligible to take part in the sport
0V6R TIL there are only six ingredients in Spam: ham, salt, water, sugar, sodium nitrite and potato starch