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TIL the FBI seized a server that was being used to host child pornography and ran it for two more weeks. Defendants caught in the sting argued the FBI did a better job hosting a child porn site than whoever originally ran it: The site’s average weekly visitors jumped from 11,000 to 50,000

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9YVZX TIL Ray Charles wrote “What’d I Say” by improvising on the spot during a live performance. He needed to fill 12 minutes of time and the song is what he came up with.
1eNr TIL the Racial Integrity Act of 1924 required that a racial description of every person be recorded at birth and divided society into only two classifications: white and colored. It also expanded Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage by criminalizing all marriages between whites and non-whites
vaaD TIL that NASA has mapped 100% of Mercury’s Surface
VBonG TIL if you get something delivered that you didn't order, you're legally entitled to keep it as a free gift
kOjnB TIL that the Sackbut likely got its name from the French terms 'sacquer' and 'bouter', which describe the motions of pushing and pulling used while playing the instrument.