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TIL former Police Chief of Toronto Julian Fantino has illegally wiretapped police critics, conducted witch-hunts on gay men under the guise of “child porn”, hidden cases of cops assaulting and robbing drug dealers, committed bribery + more…… and is now a Member of Canadian Parliament.

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gVg4 TIL in 1971, Saddam Hussein imported 95,000 tons of grain treated with fungicidal mercury. The grain was intended for planting, but the Iraqis, unable to understand the English and Spanish warnings or the “skull and crossbones” image, baked it into bread. Hundreds died.
16MP TIL Americans can find out if the government is holding money for them from wills, trusts, banks, lawsuits, taxes and so on. I learned this as my buddy found out his grandmother left him $65,000.00 in her will. He’s having a good night.
bdWa TIL of Charles Alvin Beckwith, creator of the U.S. Army’s Delta Force unit. He once contracted leptospirosis so severe the doctors did not expect him to live; he made a full recovery in months. He was later critically wounded by a .50 round and expected to die. Within months, he fully recovered.
V4pp TIL Mel Gibson was mugged before an audition. His bruises and black eyes led to him getting the main role in Mad Max.
8abXV TIL - Lynn Russell, a former CNN anchor, has two black belts, a deputy sheriff’s badge, a real estate license, and her private investigative license. Lynn and her husband, Chuck de Caro survived a shootout at a Motel 6 in 2015.