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TIL there's a guy named "Innocent" currently on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.

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6976J TIL that somebody won a Nobel prize by treating late stage syphilis with malaria-infected blood
PBan TIL the most obese state in 1995 (Mississippi) was thinner than the thinnest state in 2016 (Colorado).
9jVp TIL Cuba gifted East Germany a small island during the Cold War as a symbol of friendship. Many have claimed that the island is now the last official territory of East Germany as it was not mentioned in the Treaty which united East and West Germany in 1990
lDmr TIL the term ‘fairy-locks’, which originated in the mid to late 1500s, is another word for dreadlocks. It was believed when the fairies played in your hair at night they would knot it up; and it was bad luck to untangle.
VMnOB TIL that monkeys aren't supposed to eat bananas. The bananas that humans consume are so full of sugar that monkeys will get diabetes if it is a regular part of their diet.