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TIL Eliot Ness was only 27 years old when he led the group of federal agents that helped take down Al Capone.

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EYLW TIL I learned there’s an annual 100-mile foot race so hard that only 11 people have even finished it since 1985. The date is secret, the entry form is secret, and the entry fee is $1.60 and a pack of Camels.
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