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TIL that the National Hobo Memorial is a cemetery in Britt, Iowa, which includes the graves of several "hobo kings", and markers such as "Pony Horse", "Minneapolis Jewel", and "Shot Down" Wills.

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Mj0 TIL Italian soccer player Mario Balotelli supposedly paid for 24 homeless to stay in the Hilton for New Year’s
x6eMw TIL that famous jazz drummer Art Blakey briefly converted to Islam in the 1940s and led a "turbaned, Qur'an-reading jazz band called the 17 Messengers".
VB7A4 TIL about "parallel construction" in the US: a law enforcement process of creating a parallel basis for investigation, usually in order conceal that evidence was acquired in violation of the Fourth Amendment (e.g. illegal surveillance)
Eoxx TIL that a TX teenager killed 4 people in a drunk driving accident but was spared jail time because of the “affluenza” defense. His lawyers argued his wealthy parents never taught him right from wrong.
QZ1p TIL in 2012 an artist dressed up as the Hamburglar and biked around New York City throwing partially-eaten McDonald’s cheeseburgers at bystanders. The artist said he wanted it to be “one of those little things that messes up your whole day.”