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TIL in 1985 US Marshals busted 100 fugitives in one day by throwing a fake Redskins Super Bowl party

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EOYP TIL Hugh Hefner holds two Guinness world records: the longest career as an editor-in-chief for the same magazine, 59 years, and for the largest collection of personal scrapbooks, 2,643.
e0va4 TIL hummingbirds, due to their size, are preyed upon by a number of unusual animals, including spiders and praying mantis.
MeBw7 TIL that no one can agree on what killed George Washington, but that he definitely lost about 40% of his blood during his final day from bloodletting.
WkKy4 TIL that with a budget of $25,000 and a profit of $22.5 million, the film with the highest percentage of return on investment (90,000%) is 1972‘s “Deep Throat”.