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TIL Jesse James once gave a widow who housed him enough money to pay off a debt collector and then robbed the debt collector as the man left the widows home

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1a8NV TIL for several years the CIA paid sex workers to bring men back to a “safehouse” brothel so they could secretly dose them with LSD and watch what happened through a two-way mirror in an effort to find a mind control drug.
7rLwZ TIL that in 1861, Japan had an illustrated history of America which depicted, among other things, John Adams stabbing a giant snake, and George Washington punching a Tiger.
7rRvL Today I learned the Canadian Mint made five 220lb pure gold "1 million dollar coins", one of which was recently stolen.
Oo0J7 TIL The Wiggles, at the peak of their popularity in the late 90s, travelled in two planes so that in the unfortunate event of a crash, half of the group would survive to continue touring.
0drnN TIL that every year, Western Europeans alone collectively lose about 1.6 million years of healthy life because of traffic noise.