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TIL that Elmo once testified before Congress

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Je9B TIL that Justin Roiland who co-created and voices the parts of Rick and Morty, also voices the part of Lemongrab in Adventure Time.
Npae TIL that the background of the painting ‘The Scream’ is believed to be an accurate representation of the 1883 eruption of Mount Krakatoa
68EY TIL a young Frenchwoman robbed a bank with friends, her friends were caught, but she escaped and left the country. She obtained false documents and for 25 years lead a new life in Mexico where she became a psychotherapist and mother. Four days before the statue of limitations ended, she was arrested
KOVe9 TIL in 1972 David Duke was charged with stealing campaign funds he had raised for presidential candidate George Wallace. He was also charged with filling glass containers with a flammable liquid, banned under a New Orleans ordinance. Both charges were eventually dropped.
KOyoa TIL that in 1921 private police in the US dropped bombs and mustard gas on a coal miners' camp when they went on strike for better working conditions