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TIL that Congress unanimously congratulated the St Louis Cardinals on their 2006 World Series victory

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rREP1 TIL A beard transplant procedure takes an entire day, and can run up to $10,000 for a full beard. The doctor and technicians remove hair strands with the follicles intact from another part of the body -- usually the bottom of the back of the head. It's moved to where it is wanted on the face
ODP7 TIL in 1920 the US Army bombed coal miners in WV who were striking for better treatment and living conditions
e0d1n TIL in 1744, two Scottish Presbyterian ministers made a plan to have fellow ministers pay a small amount a year into a fund, which would be used to take care of their widows if ministers died. It became the blueprint for modern insurance, and their fund, Scottish Widows, is now worth billions.
4XeoN TIL that a sewer worker accidentally discovered a drain that would lead right to the bank of England's gold vault. He then requested to meet the directors at any time of their choosing inside the vault, and appeared out of the floorboards at the specified time.
QLXE TIL the US government arrested (Using Patriot Act) and detained a woman claiming to be a CIA agent, argued that she be forcibly drugged (3 drugs), because she was trying to tell Congress that CIA knowingly ignored intelligence for 9/11