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TIL That when the VOICE hotline was set up earlier this year for reporting criminal activity of illegal aliens, it was flooded with calls reporting space aliens and Bigfoot sightings

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kOZLe TIL in the 1990s, a Russian mafia and Italian mafia organization participated in a literal money-laundering scheme, washing and bleaching the ink out of US$1 bills and reprinting them as $100s, for use in the post-Soviet bloc countries, where the bills might avoid detection as counterfeits.
Ypp6W One cartographer has done the heavy lifting, and rail fans are pumped.
NmlN TIL The Tillman Act of 1907 was the first legislation in the U.S. prohibiting monetary contribution to national political campaigns by corporations. Roosevelt called for the prohibition after charges were made against him for his acceptance of corporate contributions to his presidential campaign.
l75pA TIL that there is a semi-official conservative sequel/ prequel to the 1969 classic film "Easy Rider" titled "Easy Rider: The Ride Back". It is semi-official because although none of the original cast or crew were involved, the director, Phil Pitzer, legally purchased the Easy Rider ip.
0mNp TIL maned wolf pee smells like cannabis, so much so that the police once searched the Rotterdam Zoo for pot smokers because someone mistook the pee smell for marijuana.