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TIL that blood comes in a rainbow of colors

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Wk0y4 TIL the longest prison sentence ever handed out is 141,078 years to Chamoy Thipyaso of Thailand - for running a pyramid scheme that defrauded members of the Thai royal family.
e0WM4 TIL that Ho Chi Minh, Communist Leader of Vietnam, claimed to have worked as a baker in Boston's Omni Parker House hotel in 1912 and that John Wilkes Booth stayed in that same hotel eight days before assassinating President Lincoln.
dDpN9 TIL that RuPaul, american author, and Senator Cory Booker, from New Jersey, discovered they're cousins thanks to the PBS show Find Your Roots. Both were happy about the news, and Cory later appeared on an episode of RuPaul's Drag Race.
8RNG TIL British police cars are issued with a teddy bear as standard, so as to console children involved in accidents.
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