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TIL Mike Tyson was arrested 38 times by the time he turned 13.

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grNV8 TIL About James Hampton, an unknown janitor who collected scraps and secretly built artwork using it in a garage. His art, called "Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly" was only found after his death, and is currently on display at the Smithsonian.
R5vw8 TIL that the Latin script derived from Egyptian hieroglyphs.
044M TIL La Rinconada, Peru the highest elevated city on earth has a goldmine where miners work for 30 days without pay. On the 31st day they are allowed to take as much ore as they can carry on their shoulders.
RZ9l TIL After Hurricane Sandy, American Red Cross responded to NY Attorney General’s public request for information by hiring lawyers and arguing that some information about the response was a “trade secret” and “competitive harm” from competitors mimicking their model
Merb TIL for centuries there was a class of slave-soldier called the Mamluks. They were so powerful, free men would sell themselves into slavery hoping to join them. Also, they were wiped out in a purge not unlike the Jedi.