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TIL 'White Boy Rick', sentenced as a minor to life in prison for possessing 8 kilos of cocaine after exposing crooked cops as the FBI's youngest informant was recently denied early release in Florida for no reason.

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Xxrj TIL that the US has a small piece of land “stuck” in Canada.
P0O TIL Jackie Chan will donate all his money to charity so his son can earn his own worth.
GYoM5 TIL an Archaeologist from Florida found what he believed to be an Ancient Roman ship off the coast of Brazil. The Brazilian Navy then banned all underwater exploration, expelled the archaeologist from the country, and buried his dive location under tonnes of silt.
j6GJn TIL of the prominent political Frelinghuysen family of New Jersey. They helped established Rutgers University, attended the continental congress, ran for VP in 1844, and had a family member in congress as recently as 2019.
mZBx TIL that ~80% of Black American women are overweight and ~54% are obese.