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TIL of Harambee, a Kenyan tradition of community self-help and organizing. It means "all pull together"

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kJGm1 TIL the amazing story of Bass Reeves…..the original Lone Ranger.
M7wgm TIL since the Joker card isn't standardized, each manufacturer makes their own unique designs, making them a coveted collectible. The largest joker card collection documented has more than 8,000 cards
9r0r TIL that a tape indicated only one person objected to Jim Jones before the mass suicide in Jonestown where over 900 died and she was shouted down by the rest of the group.
8LXP TIL that California uses inmates to fight forest fires. Prisoners take the jobs because it reduces their sentence, gets them outside, and pays better than typical prison jobs.
XEm16 TIL Ted Bundy took advantage of an obscure Florida law in court- that a marriage declaration in front of a presiding judge was counted as a legal marriage. As he questioned his girlfriend Carol Ann Boone, he asked her to marry him, and announced they were married to the court when she accepted.