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TIL that during WWII, notorious American mobster Meyer Lansky broke up Nazi sympathizer meetings, protected U.S. ships during construction and watched out for German saboteurs on U.S. submarines along the Caribbean coastline.

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allA TIL that nearly all of the Presidentially pardoned turkeys are now dead due to the fact that the turkeys used for Thanksgiving are bred for the table and not for the ability to live long and healthy lives.
ga7L TIL the Dalai Lama said that if science proves an aspect of Buddhism wrong, Buddhism will change
yQ5MM TIL “Blazing Saddles” was the first movie to have a fart joke.
bo1Z TIL a man planned a roller coaster designed to kill its passengers.
5yXp TIL the FDA relies on studies performed by the companies seeking approval of chemicals they manufacture or want to use. No other developed country has a system where companies decide the safety of chemicals put into food. Many food additives allowed in the U.S. are banned in other countries