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TIL USA was involved in manipulating latin America's election last century

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QNMJd TIL of Jonathan Wild, In 18th century London he was a thief-taker, a private individual hired to capture criminals. However he used this status to take out rivals to run his own criminal gang. He was so trusted he even got the reward for turning in a thieve from £40 to £140
ne7xY TIL that porgs were in The Last Jedi because it was easier to create a new species than to digitally remove the puffins that actually lived on the island
neEMr TIL of "Daughter from California syndrome", a phrase used in the medical profession to describe situation in which a long-absent family member arrives while a patient is dying to demand inappropriately aggressive care.
MeLW0 Today I learned that there are people who are paid to literally help other people clean up their junk.
GVwE TIL there’s a word for the smell of earth after rain… ‘Petrichor’