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TIL that Richard Pryor was Ludacris’ cousin

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LL9P TIL Texas no longer offers a special “last meal” to condemned inmates. Instead, the inmate is offered the same meal served to the rest of the unit.
VBOY0 TIL the Federal Reserve hosts central bankers in Jackson Hole because Paul Volcker liked fly fishing and they wanted him to actually show up
BrKre TIL There are still people all over the world receiving money from the German government for their help during WWII
XEYEj TIL that sliced bread was banned in 1943 to save money and help the economy during World War II
neRkB TIL about the Guatemala syphilis experiments, US-run non-consensual experiments on vulnerable members of the Guatemalan population. The lead physician John Charles Cutler was also involved with the more well-known Tuskegee Syphilis Study.