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TIL Amelia Earhart had a prenup stating she would not be faithful to her husband

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5jk9 TIL $1 billion dollars (12% of GDP) was stolen from 3 Moldovan banks in 2014, a main culprit was elected Mayor in 2015.
AJp4 TIL the St. Patrick’s Day parade has been held every year in New York since 1762, in Boston since 1737, and in Dublin Ireland since 1995.
yQXAa TIL that the the only US unit that regularly trains to chase nuclear weapons that fall into the wrong hands is SEAL Team 6, one of the toughest units in US military. The Black Squadron snipers (~100 members) is the most exclusive group within Seal Team 6, and the only one to admit female operatives.
0dA95 TIL a man in Thailand embedded magnetic plates in his fingertips in order to cheat at Hi-Lo, an Asian variant game of dice.
wL4Ro TIL about Mazzatello - 18th century Papal States preferred method of capital punishment... involves a mallet..