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TIL A 2001 investigation found that in several cases, payday lenders in California were charging considerably higher rates than loan sharks from the Chicago Outfit organized crime syndicate.

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ExZ7 TIL that in Paris in 1926 the Ukrainian Head of State was assassinated with 5 shots from a revolver in broad daylight. The policeman who witnessed the crime walked over to the gunman, saying quietly “Is that enough?”.
OGVW4 TIL of the 2016 Kasese Clashes, a brief conflict that erupted between Ugandan security forces and the royal guards of a subnational kingdom called the Rwenzururu kingdom. In the end, the Omusinga (king) of Rwenzururu was arrested and 87 of his men perished.
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