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TIL that out of 18,400 men, women and children in the Witness Protection Program, there aren’t any that have been harmed.

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b94GQ TIL of Jordan Anderson. After gaining his freedom from slavery and being asked by his former master to come back to work, Mr. Anderson wrote a deadpan style letter asking for 25 years back pay.
wLxKW TIL that Beethoven was deaf, and that he eventually had to use a pencil to feel the vibrations of the piano. During one of his symphony’s he had to be turned around to see the audience applaud since he couldn’t hear them.
1VvD TIL that Edgar Allen Poe married his 13 year old cousin when he was 26
RAL8 TIL: After WWII, the Russians used 17 different dog breeds to create the “supreme military dog” - and it looks like a giant fluffy poodle
gr6W8 TIL about the Mapogo lion coalition of 6 male lions that took over 70K hectares, which was ruled by 8 different prides and killing over 100 lions in the process. They completely changed the entire Sabi Sands ecosystem.