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TIL in South Korea, a woman obtained her driver's license on her 960th try.

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QBeM TIL in 2015 Judge Judy negotiated a contract through 2020 worth $47 Million a year, making her the highest paid person on TV.
78rdM TIL Public DNA records can be used to find distant relatives of criminals, from which investigators can build a family tree and catch said criminals
jNBmM TIL of Devon Lee who on Feb 23rd, 1885, was attempted to be hung 3 separate times, but all 3 failed due to a faulty door that worked perfectly fine when Lee wasn't on deck. After the 3rd failed attempt, due to the law, he was returned to his cell and eventually acquitted some years later.
grOBW TIL In the 1950s, U.S. poultry firms dumped turkey tails into Samoa markets. Filled with oil used to preen itself, turkey tails are 75% fat and are frequently washed down with a cold Budweiser. Due to its ties to the obesity epidemic, Samoan officials banned turkey tail imports in 2007.
lKEB TIL that the CIA carried out a terrorist campaign against civilian Viet Cong sympathizers in which over 26,000 were killed while some 55,000 others were captured and subjected to rape, electrocution, maulings, and other torture.