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TIL Don King brutally killed an employee that owed him $600 and only served a 4 year sentence

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nWNX9 TIL that in 1861, the mayor of New York City sought to avoid the economic repercussions of the upcoming Civil War by seceding from the Union. He wanted to call the resulting entity "the Free City of Tri-Insula".
9YgQB TIL in order to minimize civilian casualties, the CIA has been using a drone missile which pops out several steel blades at the last moment to slice its targets into bits -- and that it's nicknamed the “Flying Ginsu”
OoP6L TIL the US delivered $12 billion in shrink-wrapped $100 bills to Iraq, then "misplaced" it all
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