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TIL John D'Amato, mobster and acting boss of the DeCavalcante crime family in New Jersey, was murdered in January 1992 after he was suspected of engaging in homosexual activity.

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ORm7 TIL A man tried to rob two banks after covering his face with lemon juice in the mistaken belief that, because lemon juice is usable as invisible ink, it would prevent his face from being recorded on surveillance cameras.
jNb7X TIL that A team of paleontologists has discovered 17 million-year-old sperm inside tiny shrimp fossils encased in bat guano on the walls of a cave in Queensland, Australia
89ML TIL it took early “humans” 110,000 generations of using stone tools before controlling fire, another 20,000 generations until written language was invented, and only another 250 generations until we put a man on the moon.
8G4V TIL On the show Archer, the character Doctor Krieger is not a doctor at all. According to ISIS records, his legal first name is Doctor
XZmE TIL that the United States has surpassed Russia and Saudi Arabia and now produces more oil and natural gas than any other country in the world