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TIL Ricky Martin (Livin’ La Vida Loca) created a foundation for helping children who are victims of child prostitution and/or pornography. US named Martin “one of its Heroes in Ending Modern-Day Slavery”

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A14B TIL In the event of a quarantine situation in New York City, The U.S. Government has a contingency plan of placing snipers in strategic locations to prevent people from escaping the Island of Manhatten on inflatable mattresses.
R5gJ6 TIL Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus is believed to have been made dictator of Rome on two separate occasions. On both occasions Cincinnatus quickly dealt with the problem at hand and resigned after 15 days in 458 BC and 21 days in 439 BC.
69eMW TIL that, on average, a dairy cow produces 100 pounds of milk per day, which equates to 12.5 gallons per day!
0Dyj TIL 3 years ago Craig Cobb white nationalist/Neo-Nazi went on a talk show to speak about his new white only town project but, the show decided to test his DNA to see just how “pure” he was and he turned out to be 14% Sub-Saharan African making him mixed race.
BY1r TIL that in 86 AD, the Colosseum was filled with water to stage a full naval battle