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TIL according to FBI files, the Jewish Defense League had extorted money from ‘various rap music stars’ by making 'death threats’ and then offering protection for a fee

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R55Yl TIL Mississippi in 1984 was the last state to sign the amendment allowing women to vote.
6LdW TIL The word Anaconda originated from tamil. anai-kondra meaning elephant killer
QJ1RM TIL that Los Angeles County has a bigger population (10.04 million) than 40 US states. (9.986 million or less)
J1mk TIL there is a bog here in Florida that was an ancient burial pond and contains human remains that were buried almost 2000 years before the first pyramids. The skeletal remains were preserved so well that they managed to collect soft brain tissue from the skulls.
kJn1W TIL There is a spot in the retina where the nerves carrying all the information run out, or the blind spot. A King of France amused himself during boring sessions with courtiers by “cutting off their heads” by looking at one and watching another’s head disappear