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TIL that the holocaust survivor Ellie Weisel lost his life savings in the Bernie Madoff ponzi scheme, and that his charity lost $15 million

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KOKZa TIL Abraham Lincoln was clinically depressed for most of his life
Qy0e TIL that in 2005 Tommy Chong, Snoop Dogg, Ricky Williams, and Robert Downey Jr judged a ‘pot’ luck cooking contest at a 'legalize marijuana’ smoke-in sponsored by AARP and hosted by Woody Harrelson.
LkVBr TIL that the panther is not a species of its own. Panthers in Africa and Asia are simply melanistic leopards, while panthers in the Americas are melanistic jaguars.
neAB9 TIL that there's an encrypted art sculpture at the CIA Headquarters titled KRYPTOS. It's complete message has remained unsolved for over 30 years.
VM6Nk TIL Heroin became popular among american soldiers during the Vietnam war because it was easier to take secretly than marijuana.