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TIL that among their other duties, US Marshalls are, in essence, bailiffs for US federal courthouses.

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grAMy TIl that Wales was only recognized as legally separate from England in 1967 and before was legally a province of England.
Rdgj TIL that Donald Glover’s twitter account used to be @donglover
PY4QG TIL Released in 1932, White Zombie is considered the first feature length zombie film. Reviewers were generally negative.
VMpm8 TIL about Chess960 - a game created by Bobby Fischer which uses the same board and pieces of regular chess, but randomly shuffles the home row to prevent players from relying on memorized strategies and instead rely on their own creativity
0dRo1 TIL of The Beast of Gévaudan a creature with "formidable teeth and immense tail", believed to have attacked 610 people, resulting in 500 deaths between 1764 and 1767 in the Margeride Mountains of south-central France.