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TIL about the "Greenbrier Ghost," whose testimony from beyond the grave helped convict her murderer in a landmark court case.

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0wlJp TIL in 1687 John Moore, a Black man living in England, bought his way into the elite body of the City of York, granting him the right to bear arms, fish in the city's rivers, and graze his animals on the city's meadows. He remains the only Black person awarded the Freedom of the City of York
4XYbw TIL According to his former manager, Travis Scott faked his soundcloud streams by using bots and then went to record labels and presented his fake numbers which helped him get signed.
WpvB TIL that as of 2005, Minsk, the capital of Belarus, does not have a single school with education carried out in the Belarusian language.
ALWo TIL Al Capone was known for sending flowers to rival gang member’s funerals; one funeral he spent over $5000 on flowers.
040y TIL the most valuable legal tender coin in the world is a $1 million coin made in Australia. But being that it weighs 1,000kg and is 99.99% pure gold, it is worth almost $45 million