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TIL: in 1978 Tim Allen nearly spent life in prison for trafficking cocaine.

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NXLp6 TIL the Sheriff of Nottingham is a real office and still exists today
8eBLZ TIL about Tommy Prince,a member of the Devil's Brigade, the grandson of a chief who negotiated Treaties 1 and 2 in Manitoba, the most highly decorated indigenous soldier in Canadian history, and an early advocate for the abolition of the Indian Act in favour of respecting treaty rights.
W7oYA TIL that the youngest mother ever was 5 years old.
OgRY TIL a horde of Black Friday shoppers crushed a Walmart employee to death as they smashed through the front doors. Cops trying to perform CPR were also trampled on by the crowd hunting steep discounts.
yQJ8l TIL that 'Passing the Buck' comes from using a buckhorn handled knife to designate the next dealer in a poker game; a player could decline the deal and 'pass the buck'