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TIL that influential blues musician Lead Belly was released early from prison after killing a man due to the fact that his music impressed the Louisiana governor so much.

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yEnw TIL A soldier once returned from deployment to find his wife had died and his young children had starved to death.
GYvv5 TIL the rhinoceros viper is found in the forests of West and Central Africa. This colorful and nocturnal viper is considered to be one of the most venomous snakes in Africa, producing both a neurotoxic as well as hemotoxic venom, although very few cases of human envenomation have ever been reported.
WVBN TIL that virtually all modern scholars agree that Jesus Christ existed as a historical figure, and that he was 1) baptized by John the baptized and 2) crucified shortly after by order of Pontius Pilate.
DZAp TIL that in order to set a new helicopter altitude record, Jean Boulet removed all the inessential components, like the starter motor. As soon as he reached record altitude, the engine failed. So he landed safely without using the engine.
WPY TIL Vampire bats sometimes make blood donations to other bats in the group to combat starvation