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TIL In 1847 Choctaw Indians sent $170 to Ireland as famine relief

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KY8LR TIL Torben and Einer Ulrich, father and grandfather of Metallica drummer Lars, were both elite level tennis players, with Einer competing in the 1924 Olympics. Einer then fled the Nazis into Sweden while Torben became a jazz musician after retiring.
d8AxZ TIL A guy quit his job and practiced golf for 6,000 hours to put the theory of "intensive practice" to the test and become a pro golfer
kJ4OB TIL DMX was the first artist to have their first 5 albums debut at #1
vPdP7 TIL that the CIA is prohibited by law from collecting information regarding the U.S. government, U.S. citizens, resident aliens, legal immigrants, and U.S. corporations, regardless of where they are located.
boaE TIL Stalin hated his son Yakov so much that when he failed to commit suicide by shooting himself Stalin only commented “He can’t even shoot straight.” During the war he was captured by the Germans and Stalin refused to trade any soldiers to bring him back