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TIL that William J. Sharkey, a NYC politician, was convicted of murder in 1873 but soon escaped from The Tombs (a notorious Manhattan prison) by disguising himself as a female visitor. He escaped to Cuba and was never apprehended.

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BrPor TIL in 2002, a Kenyan tribe sent the U.S. 14 cows to aid in the aftermath of 9/11. Cows are their livelihood and they sent every cow they could spare to help strangers overseas. It all started with Kimeli Naiyomah, a young member of a Masai tribe.
8AZK TIL it’s illegal to run out of fuel on the autobahn due to it being viewed as an avoidable occurrence.
WQmA TIL a decrease in death penalties is causing an organ shortage in China: there are 20,000 donors and 1.5 million people who need transplants
loel5 TIL The word "piggyback" is just a screwed up play on "pick pack" --> "pick-a-back," which makes infinitely more sense than "piggyback."
9VRQ TIL that Mao ordered billions of sparrows to be killed, this exacerbated a famine that killed more 20 million people.