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TIL that the rapper Rick Ross was previously a correctional officer

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DwKj TIL there was a British magician named Jasper Maskelyne who joined the the fight in WW2. He used his illusions to fool the German army.
Bklr TIL Einstein thought highly of Lenin, saying: “I honor Lenin as a man who completely sacrificed himself and devoted all his energy to the realization of social justice. I do not consider his methods practical, but one thing is certain: men of his type are the guardians and restorers of humanity.”
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xk77 TIL: Over 248 Police Officers and Firefighters in New Jersey were linked to a steroids ring in 2007.
PYKBZ TIL that, in Irish parliament, after Paul Gogarty responded to Emmet Stagg with "Fuck you, Deputy Stagg! Fuck you!", the incident was brought to the Dáil committee, where it was discovered that the word "fuck" wasn't actually in the list of unparliamentary language.