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TIL an air national guardsman was arrested by the FBI in April 2023 for allegedly applying to be a hitman on the parody site "Rent-a-Hitman" and for allegedly accepting his first (fake) assignment.

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KYZGB TIL that during The Cold War West Germany purchased the freedom of political prisoners in East Germany using cash and goods. Nearly 40,000 prisoners were purchased at an average cost of 40,000 Deutsche Marks per person.
AW9g TIL that french poet and novelist Victor Hugo lived his last days in Paris on the “avenue Victor Hugo”, having as his address “Mr Victor Hugo, In his avenue, in Paris”.
15w7 TIL Las Vegas is teetering on the edge of full on water emergency and has instituted the nations harshest water restrictions. Meanwhile the fountains at the Bellagio use 12,000,000 gal. of drinking water per year because it looks pretty.
wLPLP TIL that ancient Hawaii had no native pottery due to a lack of suitable clay
pYEE8 TIL Drew Barrymore was originally going to play the lead character in the 1996 movie Scream