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TIL that not a single Witness Security Program participant who has correctly followed security guidelines has ever been harmed while in the federal witness-protection programme.

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WkN5d TIL about Zofia Rydet, a Polish photographer who, at age 67, decided to try to shoot the interior of every home in Poland. Over the final 19 years of her life, she shot 20,000 images. She said, "The simplest, most ordinary documentary picture becomes a great truth about human fate."
nWp5B TIL that Weird Al has never even been asked to host SNL! A wrong, I’m sure you’ll agree, that must be righted.
nanB TIL that in 1944, in effort to raise money for the war, The Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees and New York Giants all played a Three way game against each other. The final score was Dodgers - 5, Yankees - 1 and Giants - 0. It also ended up raising $56.5 million dollars in war bonds.
YpVk7 TIL that Queen Victoria was believed to ingest cocaine laced gum with a young Winston Churchill, and also regularly acquired Opium.
4Xlna TIL about Mwamaka Sharifu, a Kenyan girl (now woman) who claimed she's a descendant of Chinese sailors from the 15th century Zheng He expedition , and was given a scholarship by the Chinese government