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TIL when the United States was fighting in World War 2, they asked Mexicans to cross the border to work agricultural jobs.

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p8dxA TIL of Barbara Newhall Folett, a child genius born in 1914 who released her first novel at the age of 12, and her second when she was 14. At the age of 18 she married an unfaithful man and fell into depression. She vanished when she was 25, and was never seen again.
a8jbJ TIL that in January 879 a deceased Pope was exhumed and put on trial!
LkGP9 TIL that in 2008 suspected serial murderer Ricky Simonds was found dead of heat stroke in the trunk of his ex-girlfriends car. Investigators on the case believe Simonds was waiting in the trunk to ambush and murder his ex-girlfriend, when he became locked in the vehicle.
Z84RY TIL An Inmate sued Himself for $5 Million dollars for commiting a crime that went against his religious beliefs -- He demanded the state pay the damages because he had no money himself
j6OxE TIL about the Chinese use of “oracle bones”, in which questions about the future into the bones of oxen or turtles. The bones are then heated, which caused cracks to appear on them. These cracks were then interpreted in various ways in order to predict the future.