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TIL that in 1935, New York City Mayor, Fiorello Laguardia, brought down a Mafia crime ring by banning baby artichokes for three days.

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ZKWa TIL that Wikipedia had to ban IP’s from Congress to stop them from changing each other’s entries.
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