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TIL Contract killings made up 5% of all murders in Scotland from 1993 to 2002

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MGOb TIL that if you win the million dollar prize on the McDonald’s monopoly game, they actually pay you $50,000 per year for 20 years.
5VeA8 TIL, at tax originally levied in 1898 during the Spanish-American War was in effect until 2006.
m1wPP TIL During the Reformation, a knight named Hans von Hake asked Johann Tetzel to purchase an indulgence for a future sin. Tetzel sold Hake an indulgence for a future non-specific sin. Hake then ambushed, and robbed Johann Tetzel of all of his indulgence money.
wordE TIL Kobe Bryant’s middle name was “Bean”
4rmw TIL that a priest on the Titanic refused to board a life boat twice, and instead stayed behind to hear confessions and give absolution to the people left on the ship.