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TIL that the Unabomber was a victim of MK-Ultra.

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Em5w TIL of the Queen’s Champion. During the coronation banquet, the Champion would ride into Westminster Hall in full armor and await any challenger to the throne. The current Queen’s Champion is a chartered accountant.
GAZOj TIL Carl Gugasian, one of the most prolific bank robbers ever in the US, thought he’d never be able to get a real job and felt he had no option but to resort to a life of crime. Convicted of robbery at 15, he didn't know that his juvenile records would get expunged.
n5kG TIL that under current South Korean laws if war breaks out South Korea doesn’t want to control its own military instead it wants the Americans to tell them what to do