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TIL the witness Protection Program has never had a breach of security in which a protected person or family member was harmed.

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8aX4P TIL that Nathan "Nearest" Green, a slave, taught Jack Daniel how to brew whiskey. He became Daniel's Master Distiller, and is now known as "The Godfather of Tennessee Whiskey." His son George also became a Master Distiller and some of his descendants STILL work for Jack Daniel's Whiskey to this day.
rNnbd TIL the famous cry that bald eagles make in media actually comes from the red-tailed hawk
D1bAe TIL After losing her husband and four children to yellow fever, and her job to the great Chicago fire, Mary "Mother" Jones became a labor organizer. She organized a march of working children from Philadelphia to New York, and her speeches provoked workers to organize during the Coal Wars.
78Q8Z TIL During the Cold War the USA built a new embassy in Moscow. They knew it would be bugged - but overestimated their ability to remove them. The top floors had to be dismantled and rebuilt, the building finally opened in the year 2000
WR0A TIL 84% of vegetarians go back to eating meat