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TIL that Shaq is a reserve officer with a Virginia Sheriff department and works undercover online to bust pedophiles.

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xVDLD TIL that the University of Chicago economists used to propose a plan, dubbed The Chicago Plan, to limit the power and independence of the Federal Reserve. This plan was drafted during the wake of the Great Depression
7rYeO TIL A Tribe Called Quest hasn’t made a penny off of “Can I Kick It?” Lou Reed took 100% of all royalties and publishing because the song sampled the bass line from his hit “Walk on the Wild Side.”
67RZ TIL Col Reynolds, a bus driver who after his messy divorce took kids with cancer on tours our of his own pocket, and then started his own charity, has raised over $15 Million and funded the lab that created exciting new cancer drug TR100.
MeEgb TIL at Willamette Falls a hydro-electric facility was built in 1888. It had a 14-mile long line to Portland, becoming the first long-distance transmission of electricity in the US in 1889. A second station was built on the falls in 1895 and is still operating today (Falls: USA 2nd highest flow rate)
ByW TIL actor Vin Diesel has been a devoted Dungeons & Dragons player for over 20 years.