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TIL In the 1920s, almost half of Indiana residents were in the KKK. Infiltrating all levels of government including the Governor’s office.

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1aXP4 TIL three Israeli brothers—Ramy, Muzher, and Shadde Badir—managed to set up an extensive phone and computer fraud scheme in Israel in the 1990s, despite all of them being born blind.
kO4eB TIL since the Federal Witness Protection Program was started in 1971, not one of the 8,500 witnesses or the 9,900 family members participating has been harmed. According to Gerald Shur, its creator, 95% of those who enter the program are "what we call criminals".
w14W TIL That it would take 1,084 years flying on a Boeing 747 to circumnavigate the largest known star.
d8yaK TIL that one night in Ontario, 1978, two men with balaclavas and guns approached a restaurant. The manager saw them coming, but, unfazed, yelled: "Sorry, we're closed" and went back to mopping. The confused robbers fled and were apprehended. At appeal they were found not guilty of attempted robbery.
5KM8 TIL “The interesting truth is that the majority of the clitoris is actually within the pelvis – that is, it’s far more internal than external.”