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TIL in 1967 a Las Vegas cab driver plotted to kidnap Ted Binion, the son of casino owner and gangster Benny Binion. The cab driver was later found shot to death in the desert before the kidnapping could take place.

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89GV TIL in 1978 author of a Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess, wrote ‘1985’ as a tribute to Orwell, in it he depicts the rise of Islam with London having a huge abundance Mosques.
yQA1V TIL about the "Duffy Blood Group" which serves as a receptor for some malaria species and that it is less present in Blacks resulting in increased resistance to malaria
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8QXG TIL that D.A.R.E., the education program that seeks to prevent use of controlled drugs, has dropped all mention of marijuana from its curriculum as of December 2012.
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