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TIL: The United States government spends nearly twice as much money on inmates than they do on students

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MeJZW TIL how serial killer Dennis Rader was finally identified. In a letter to police, he asked whether they could trace a floppy disk containing his writings back to him. They replied that they couldn't, and so he sent it to a local FOX affiliate.
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J16Rm TIL that in 1935, New York City Mayor, Fiorello Laguardia, brought down a Mafia crime ring by banning baby artichokes for three days.
MeG9b TIL that the late Robert Urich holds the record for starring in the most different TV series: fifteen.