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TIL: while George Washington's will does say hhis saleves should be free, it should only be done at his wife's insistence. Martha Washington would only free them when she came under the belief that they were trying to kill her.

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9wv4M TIL in 2006, the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team and adidas created a poster made with ink that was mixed with the blood of the players on the team.
l0XA TIL: When Mr T. was a Military Policeman he was ordered to chop down trees by a Sergeant as a punishment. He chopped down over 70 trees in 3 ½ hours and only stopped when ordered to by a very shocked Major.
awpPy TIL that murderer Jessie Dimmick, while running from the police, broke into a couple's house and held them at knifepoint. After he fell asleep, they left and told the police of his location. Dimmick then sued them for $235,000 for breach of contract, saying they had promised not to call the police.
aoOJ TIL that a Mexican amusement park offers a fake US-Mexico border crossing attraction, complete with fake smugglers and fake border patrol agents. The aim is to dissuade would be migrants from making the trip. For 3 hours, tourists endure sirens, chases and the fake border patrol yelling threats.
8ayQG TIL: Massachusetts Governor and Boston Mayor James M. Curley was denied a spot in the Massachusetts delegation to the Democratic National Convention in 1932, so he engineered his selection as a delegate for Puerto Rico under the alias of Alcalde Jaime Curleo