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TIL a man went to jail for 5 days, lost his job, had his car towed and sold all for trying cashing a chase-issued check at a chase bank

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epxrJ TIL Mahatma Gandhi's first name was actually Mohandas. His followers called him Mahatma, Sanskrit for "the great-souled one"
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dDZl8 TIL that six American soldiers have defected to North Korea after the end of the Korean War.
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YpOGv TIL of Jose Mujica, the president of Uruguay from 2010-2015, he was known as the "the world's humblest head of state" as he gave away around 90% of his $12,000 monthly salary to charity. He also led an austere lifestyle; he lived on a farm than in the presidential palace and drove a 1987 VW beetle.