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TIL Ancient Romans would sell themselves into slavery rather than pay taxes.

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x6L5D TIL that the corporate takeover of American politics began in 1971 when the U.S. Chamber of Commerce asked Lewis Powell, a corporate attorney, to draft a memo on the state of the country. His memo argued that American business was "under broad attack" from consumer, labor and environmental groups.
yMPV TIL of a statistician who discovered the outside of a particular scratch-off lottery game was non random. He could correctly predict a winning ticket 90% of the time.
oNME TIL in the fiscal year 2010-11 there were three incidents in which UK police discharged a conventional firearm
LGeP TIL a Bill Ripken baseball card with the words “fuck face” written on the bat he’s holding went into circulation unnoticed.
KOVp4 TIL: After being acquitted of murdering his wife Claus Von Bülow held a dinner party where his lawyer Alan Dershowitz explained to his guests how the evidence pointed to his innocence. After hearing this Norman Mailer grabbed his wife and said:, "Let's get out of here. I think this guy is innocent."