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TIL of a man that has spent nearly a 3rd of his life in jail for repeatedly hijacking NYC trains and buses while properly operating and impersonating public transit staff

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1yOD TIL that classic Western one-on-one quick-draw duels were inspired by one particular shootout between Wild Bill Hickok and David Tutt. Wild Bill won and became a sensation in the media, but was also charged with murder. He later got off by pleading self-defense.
wo8nW TIL of Gabe Sonnier, a man who started off as a janitor in a Louisiana elementary school until one day in 1985, when he was inspired by the then-principal to take up teaching. Gabe was 39 years old when he started studying for a teaching degree. He’s now the principal of that elementary school.
NX4E TIL Pop-Tarts are one of the most purchased items before a major storm.
mK0O TIL the Nazis’ post war plans for the USSR consisted of killing over 100 million “racially inferior Slavs” by extermination through labor, starvation, and deportation while enslaving the remaining survivors as illiterate serfs on German plantations.
d8X4Z TIL that when Diogenes, the ancient Greek philosopher, noticed a prostitute's son throwing rocks at a crowd, he said, "Careful, son. Don't hit your father."