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TIL a fugitive handed a “Get Out Of Jail Free” card to the FBI when apprehended.

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kOok7 TIL that a black musician named Daryl Davis convinced 200 Klansmen to leave the KKK.
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YpRdB TIL High priced college textbooks bundled with "access codes" that expire at the end of the semester largely force students to buy books at retail prices at campus bookstores and render the texts worthless in the resale market. Nearly four in 10 college courses bundle their texts with access codes.
p6Be TIL Aspartame – a common artificial sweeter in soft drinks – is one of the most rigorously tested food ingredients to date. Scientists have found no link between regular Aspartame consumption and cancer.
OGVN6 TIL from 1916 to 1917, Felix von Luckner of Imperial Germany led the SMS Seeadler, a sailing ship, to attack Allied merchant ships