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TIL that four of the last seven governors of Illinois have served time in federal prison for corruption.

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7AxX TIL that The Pirate Bay tried buying their own island in hopes of making their own country with no copyright laws.
DQgdD TiL statues in Italy, like the famous Pasquino, are known as talking statues because of the practice of Italians leaving notes attached to them containing their grievances. This practice goes back to the 16th century and was traditionally targeted at grievances towards the Pope.
Lkm9r TIL Elsie the Cow is married to Elmer from Elmer’s Glue and they have four children
m1P6o TIL of an archeological dig site northeast of the Dead Sea in the southern Jordan River Valley that has many striking characteristics to the Biblical city of Sodom.
oBw1r TIL that a ban on 190-proof grain alcohol most affected violin makers, who use the product to create varnishes used in making and restoring their instruments