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TIL that in the 17th century, Ottoman pirates would raid southwestern England and take English people as slaves

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oL5E TIL that during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic games, NBC dropped a tribute to the victims of the 7/7 attacks, instead cutting to an interview with Ryan Seacrest
KOkVE TIL in the song "9 to 5," Dolly Parton created the typewriter sound effect by tapping her acrylic fingernails against one another.
R7ZY1 TIL the USSR tried to blackmail a gay US journalist with photos of him having sex with a Soviet spy, but he refused to cooperate and reported the incident to the CIA. When the Soviets sent the photos to prominent journalists, they all refused to out him.
5VW0p TIL Army Ranger Sgt. Bill Foulk called his army buddies for backup when the Crips street gang try to take over his house he bought in a rough neighborhood in Tacoma, WA.
X04d6 TIL The film ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ about a guy who got rich through financial fraud and crime was funded with money earned through financial fraud and crime.