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TIL that one of the waitresses on the show "Alice" was supposed to be a relative of Jefferson Davis "Boss" Hogg, the white-suited Southern crimelord from "The Dukes of Hazzard."

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WkMEB TIL During the US invasion of Afghanistan, a CIA paramilitary team was asked by a young man for help in rescuing his sister, whom a senior Taliban official had taken as his wife. They gave him a tracking device to pass along to her. As a result, the team captured the Taliban and rescued the sister.
7Zmx TIL that the phrase “No pun intended” is a pun on “unintended”
x6J0k TIL that our brains use a method called chunking to group random information into meaningful parts, making it easier to understand and recall. This helps us read jumbled text and manage tasks more efficiently.
6Eo1l TIL about Matthew (Mack) Robinson who broke the world record in the 200m at the Olympic games 1936 in Berlin just to lose against Jesse Owens who ran 0.4 seconds faster. Besides that Macks little brother made a career for himself. His name - Jackie Robinson.
v0Px TIL that a woman gave birth to three children whose DNA didn’t match her own. Despite being monitored while giving birth, she was charged with benefits fraud until it was discovered she carried two complete and differing sets of DNA.